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- Title
The social fabric of understanding: equilibrium, authority, and epistemic empathy.
- Authors
Jäger, Christoph; Malfatti, Federica Isabella
- Abstract
We discuss the social-epistemic aspects of Catherine Elgin's theory of reflective equilibrium and understanding and argue that it yields an argument for the view that a crucial social-epistemic function of epistemic authorities is to foster understanding in their communities. We explore the competences that enable epistemic authorities to fulfil this role and argue that among them is an epistemic virtue we call "epistemic empathy".
- Subjects
EMPATHY; VERSTEHEN; VIRTUE epistemology; EQUILIBRIUM
- Publication
Synthese, 2021, Vol 199, Issue 1/2, p1185
- ISSN
0039-7857
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11229-020-02776-z