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Epistemology

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Epistemology

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Anno accademico 2023/2024

Codice attività didattica
FIL0175
Docenti
Jan Michael Sprenger (Titolare del corso)
Thomas Alexander Grundmann (Titolare del corso)
Andrea Iacona (Titolare del corso)
Corso di studio
laurea magistrale in Filosofia
Philosophy International Curriculum M.A.
Anno
1° anno, 2° anno
Periodo
Secondo semestre
Tipologia
Caratterizzante - Ambito: Istituzioni di filosofia
Crediti/Valenza
6
SSD attività didattica
M-FIL/02 - logica e filosofia della scienza
Erogazione
Tradizionale
Lingua
Inglese
Frequenza
Obbligatoria
Tipologia esame
Scritto
Prerequisiti

Interest in understanding the interaction between experts and laypeople in society. The course is open for students from all disciplines.

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Sommario insegnamento

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Obiettivi formativi

The course introduces students to the groundwork of epistemic rationality and social epistemology. The students will then learn to apply these tools to various social epistemic roles (e.g., experts, laypeople, teachers, students). Students will also learn how to understand epistemic normativity under non-ideal conditions.

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Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

Students obtain a better understanding of the epistemic interaction between experts and laypeople in society. This understanding results from the proper application of epistemological tools to real-world phenomena.

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Programma

The course is taught by the Visiting Professor Thomas Grundmann from the University of Cologne.

Part 1: Epistemological and conceptual foundations

Week 1: How epistemic reasons and defeaters determine rational judgment. Introduction to the main theories.

Week 2: A historical and systematic approach to the understanding of experts and epistemic authority. The historical part focusses on ancient and medieval notions and on Gadamer. Within the current debate, Linda Zagzebski’s Preemtion View of epistemic authority is at center stage. This view claims that laypeople should defer to the authority and stop thinking for themselves.

Part 2: The Preemption Model of Epistemic Authority: Motivation and Challenges

Week 3: Two main arguments for the Preemption View of epistemic authority (Keren’s and Zagzebski’s) will be reconstructed and critically discussed.

Week 4: My more recent argument from Higher-Order Defeat will be introduced and discussed in the light of its main challenges.

Part 3: Applications of the Preemption Modell of Epistemic Authority

Week 5: Introduction to epistemic autonomy, thinking for oneself and understanding. Can they be integrated into the Preemption View?

Week 6: Discussion of the role of expert authorities for democratic policy making. Ideas of

Hannah Arendt, Habermas, Helen Landemore and others will be discussed and related to the Preemption View.

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Modalità di insegnamento

Mixture of lecture and seminar. Week 1 will introduce basic epistemological tools and theories ex-cathedra. However, students will have the opportunity to test their understanding through interactive course elements.

Active participation is required for passing the course.

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Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

Essay (ca. 3,000 words) and written exam. These two elements count equally toward the final grade (45% each). The remaining 10% of the grade is determined on the basis of contributions in class.

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Attività di supporto

Students with special needs should contact the teacher at the beginning of the course.

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Testi consigliati e bibliografia

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James Carlin Watson: Expertise. A Philosophical Introduction. Bloomington 2021.

Linda Zagzebski: Epistemic Authority. Oxford University Press 2012.

A syllabus with a more detailed course schedule and the course bibliography will be made available on campusnet to registered students some weeks before the course starts. In general, we will focus on reading articles and short excerpts from books (including my new book manuscript on the topic).

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