Tag: Epistemic Responsibility

Scepticism: Doubt, Denial and Dogmatism in The Skeptic Community

Scepticism(or Skepticism for our American readers) is often seen simply as doubt. For those that are desperate for a simplistic definition of scepticism, reasoned and reasonable doubt might be more suitable than just doubt on its own. Please note, a simplistic definition is rarely going to cover the inner workings and, whilst is a good…

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Epistemic Responsibility – SciPhi: 013 [Video]

In our debate group, I asked a question about if we had a moral obligation to get vaccinated, one response I got was that we had an epistemic responsibility. Whilst I’ve glazed the surface of epistemology, looked into the various theories of knowledge and understand epistemic justification aka the burden of proof, I’d not heard…

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