Outward-facing epistemic vice

Bibliographic Data

ID10813928
AuthorsKeith Raymond Harris (0000-0002-2278-9028, Ruhr University Bochum, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume200
Issue6
Publication date2022-12-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSynthese (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-7857 • E-ISSN: 1573-0964
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11229-022-03995-2
OpenAlexW4312063004
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited30

The epistemic virtues and vices are typically defined in terms of effects or motivations related to the epistemic states of their possessors. However, philosophers have recently begun to consider other-regarding epistemic virtues, traits oriented toward the epistemic flourishing of others. In a similar vein, this paper discusses outward-facing epistemic vices, properties oriented toward the epistemic languishing of others. I argue for the existence of both reliabilist and responsibilist outward-facing vices, and illustrate how such vices negatively bear on the epistemic prospects of others. I pay special attention to how outward-facing epistemic vices may manifest in online activities that promote the epistemic languishing of others by negatively influencing the online epistemic environment

Epistemic community · Epistemic virtue · Epistemology · Flourishing · Metaphysics · Philosophy of language · Philosophy of science · Political science · Politics · Uncertainty quantification · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology

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