1st Edition
Bursting Our Epistemic Bubbles On Trust, Inquiry, and Epistemic Communities
By Heather Rabenberg
Copyright 2025
140 Pages
by
Routledge
140 Pages
by
Routledge
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Due in large part to the increased personalization of various aspects of the Internet, many people have become insulated from the epistemic influence of people with views different from their own. This book develops a social epistemic framework that expands our understanding of epistemic normativity such that we can get a clearer view of phenomena like epistemic bubbles and echo chambers.
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1. Introduction
2. Epistemic Communities and Epistemic Normativity
3. On Trust: Extending the Epistemic Self
4. On Inquiry: Escaping Epistemic Bubbles
5. Trust and Inquiry: An Epistemic Balancing Act
6. Conclusion
Biography
Heather Rabenberg is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the College at Brockport, State University of New York. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Harvard University. She has published articles in Philosophical Studies and Analytic Philosophy, among other journals. In 2021, she received the William James Prize from the American Philosophical Association.
