Epistemic Domination

Thought: A Journal of Philosophy 11 (3):134-141 (2022)
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Abstract

This paper identifies and elucidates the underappreciated phenomenon of epistemic domination. Epistemic domination is the nonmutual capacity of one party to control the evidence available to another. Where this capacity is exercised, especially by parties that are ill-intentioned or ill-informed, the dominated party may have difficulty attaining epistemically valuable states. I begin with a discussion of epistemic domination and how it is possible. I then highlight three negative consequences that may result from epistemic domination.

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Keith Raymond Harris
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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