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Epistemic Risk and Community Policing:
Author(s) -
Mathiesen Kay
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the southern journal of philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2041-6962
pISSN - 0038-4283
DOI - 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2006.tb00035.x
Subject(s) - warrant , rationality , testimonial , epistemology , foley , sociology , style (visual arts) , psychology , social psychology , philosophy , economics , business , archaeology , advertising , financial economics , history
In his paper “The Social Diffusion of Warrant and Rationality,” Sanford Goldberg argues that relying on testimony makes the warrant for our beliefs “socially diffuse” and that this diminishes our capacity to rationally police our beliefs. Thus, according to Goldberg, rationality itself is socially diffuse. I argue that while testimonial warrant may be socially diffuse (because it depends on the warrants of other epistemic agents) this feature has no special link to our capacity to rationally police our beliefs. Nevertheless, I endorse Goldberg's claim about rationality and I propose that a Foley‐style account of rationality might help to better articulate Goldberg's proposal.