Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Keywords
Philosophy, epistemic authority, personal autonomy, Linda Zagzebski
Department
Philosophy
Major
Philosophy
Abstract
Given the relationship between personal autonomy and our various commitments across ideological communities, it is important to understand how to navigate peer disagreement and on which bases we may rationally accept a community leader as an authority in the formation of our beliefs. In her most recent book, Epistemic Authority, Linda Zagzebski develops a theory of rational trust to provide a framework for understanding this complex relationship between autonomy and authority. In my project with Professor Bogardus, we set out to coauthor a scholarly review of Zagzebski's book in light of current epistemological research, with the additional aim to provide me with a basis for crafting an original graduate school writing sample on a related topic within epistemology. We intend our review to appear in this summer's publication of American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly.
Faculty Mentor
Tomas Bogardus
Funding Source or Research Program
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Presentation Session
Session D
Location
Rockwell Academic Center 175
Start Date
21-3-2014 4:15 PM
Included in
Reviewing Epistemic Authority
Rockwell Academic Center 175
Given the relationship between personal autonomy and our various commitments across ideological communities, it is important to understand how to navigate peer disagreement and on which bases we may rationally accept a community leader as an authority in the formation of our beliefs. In her most recent book, Epistemic Authority, Linda Zagzebski develops a theory of rational trust to provide a framework for understanding this complex relationship between autonomy and authority. In my project with Professor Bogardus, we set out to coauthor a scholarly review of Zagzebski's book in light of current epistemological research, with the additional aim to provide me with a basis for crafting an original graduate school writing sample on a related topic within epistemology. We intend our review to appear in this summer's publication of American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly.