Introduction: The Epistemology of Mass Collaboration

Episteme 6 (1):1-7 (2009)
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Human beings regularly work together to get things done. In particular, people frequently collaborate on the production and dissemination of knowledge. For example, scientists often work together in teams to make new discoveries. How such collaborations produce knowledge, and how well they produce knowledge, are important questions for epistemology. In fact, several epistemologists have addressed such questions regarding collaborative scientific research

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Knowledge in a social world.Alvin I. Goldman - 1991 - New York: Oxford University Press.
The role of trust in knowledge.John Hardwig - 1991 - Journal of Philosophy 88 (12):693-708.
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The epistemology of testimony.Peter Lipton - 1998 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 29 (1):1-31.
Collaborative knowledge.Paul Thagard - 1997 - Noûs 31 (2):242-261.

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