Epistemic Partiality and Friendship

Week 14

16., 17., 19.12.

Does friendship make a difference to epistemic rationality?

TBD

Epistemic Bubbles and Echo Chambers

Week 13

9., 10., 12.12.

What are epistemic bubbles and echo chambers? Are echo chamber always epistemically problematic?

Nguyen, “Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles”

Lackey, “Echo Chambers, Fake News, and Social Epistemology”

Epistemic Bubbles and Echo Chambers

Week 13

9., 10., 12.12.

What are epistemic bubbles and echo chambers? Are echo chamber always epistemically problematic?

Nguyen, “Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles”

Lackey, “Echo Chambers, Fake News, and Social Epistemology”

Epistemic Bubbles and Echo Chambers

Week 13

9., 10., 12.12.

What are epistemic bubbles and echo chambers? Are echo chamber always epistemically problematic?

Nguyen, “Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles”

Lackey, “Echo Chambers, Fake News, and Social Epistemology”

Fake News

Week 12

2., 3., 5.12.

What is fake news?

Jaster/Lanius, “Speaking of fake news: definitions and dimensions”

Frankfurt, “On Bullshit”