Epistemic Blame - The Nature and Norms of Epistemic Relationships

Epistemic Blame is the first book-length philosophical examination of our practice of criticizing one another for epistemic failings. Cameron Boult argues that members of epistemic communities stand in epistemic relationships, and epistemic blame is a distinctive way of modifying these relationships.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: The Puzzle of Epistemic Blame


• 2: Negative Emotions and Frustrated Desires


• 3: A Relationship-Based Account of Epistemic Blame


• 4: The Significance and Fittingness of Epistemic Blame


• 5: Blameworthy Belief, Assertion, and Other Epistemic Harms


• 6: Standing


• 7: The Value of Epistemic Blame


• Conclusion


• Bibliography

About the author

Cameron Boult is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brandon University, Canada, and Research Associate at the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, University of Johannesburg. He primarily works on social epistemology, political epistemology, and foundational issues in epistemic normativity. He has published widely on these topics. He is co-founder of the Epistemic Wrongs, Blame, and Reparations applied epistemology workshop series, and a member of the Epistemic Reparations Global Working Group, Northwestern University. He is a regular visitor and Affiliate Researcher at Cogito Centre for Epistemology, University of Glasgow.

Summary

Epistemic Blame is the first book-length philosophical examination of our practice of criticizing one another for epistemic failings. Cameron Boult argues that members of epistemic communities stand in epistemic relationships, and epistemic blame is a distinctive way of modifying these relationships.

Product details

• Authors: Cameron Boult, Cameron (Associate Professor of Philosophy Boult
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2024
• EAN: 9780192890580
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289058-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge