It is widely believed that democracies require knowledgeable citizens to function well. But
the most politically knowledgeable individuals tend to be the most partisan and the strength …

El presente trabajo se ocupa del problema de la pandemia del COVID-19 desde el punto de
vista de una epistemología política. En particular, se analizará la validez de las teorías …

There is a correlation between positions taken on some scientific questions and political
leaning. One way to explain this correlation is the cultural cognition hypothesis (CCH) …

There is broad agreement that widespread voter ignorance and irrational evaluation of
evidence are severe threats to democracy. But there is deep disagreement over strategies …

Methods based on 'technical'skills assessable on objective standards do not suffice to form
critical abilities. Following contemporary virtue epistemologists, I will contend that what …

This chapter describes motivated reasoning from an evolutionary perspective. A central
premise is that when two individuals arrive at strikingly different interpretations of the same …

Political epistemology is a relatively new field of study in philosophy. It is the intersection
between epistemology and political philosophy. This field of study attempts to investigate …

Social epistemology—which is another important stream in the recent epistemology in
addition to virtue epistemology that presents aspects relevant to educational matters—as …

In this paper, I argue that expert disagreement can pose a deep problem for democracy. In
order to flourish, democracies require widespread responsible participation in collective …