A Simulation Approach to Veritistic Social Epistemology.
In a seminal book, Alvin I. Goldman outlines a theory for how to evaluate social practices with respect to their ''veritistic value'', i.e., their tendency to promote the acquisition of true beliefs (and impede the acquisition of false beliefs) in society. In the same work, Goldman raises a number o...
| Publicado en: | Episteme (Edinburgh University Press) Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 127 - 144 |
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2011
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