The transmission of knowledge

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The transmission of knowledge

John Greco

Cambridge University Press, 2022, c2021

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"First published 2021. First paperback edition 2022"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-210) and index

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How do we transmit or distribute knowledge, as distinct from generating or producing it? In this book John Greco examines the interpersonal relations and social structures which enable and inhibit the sharing of knowledge within and across epistemic communities. Drawing on resources from moral theory, the philosophy of language, action theory and the cognitive sciences, he considers the role of interpersonal trust in transmitting knowledge, and argues that sharing knowledge involves a kind of shared agency similar to giving a gift or passing a ball. He also explains why transmitting knowledge is easy in some social contexts, such as those involving friendship or caregiving, but impossible in contexts characterized by suspicion and competition rather than by trust and cooperation. His book explores phenomena that have been undertheorized by traditional epistemology, and throws new light on existing problems in social epistemology and the epistemology of testimony.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction: testimony and the transmission of knowledge
  • 2. The framework presented: testimonial knowledge and the flow of information
  • 3. Joint agency and the role of trust in testimonial knowledge
  • 4. Social norms and social sensibilities
  • 5. A unified account of generation and transmission
  • 6. The framework extended: common knowledge
  • 7. Education and the transmission of understanding
  • 8. Reductionism and big science
  • 9. Social religious epistemology
  • Appendix: the garbage problem.

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