2025/10/20 by Dominik Jarczewski · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Decision Sciences · Neuroscience · #Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics #Ethics in Business and Education #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/epi.2025.10084
openalex publication_date 2025/10/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/21 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/30
Abstract I propose a novel account of epistemic reputation as the social standing of agents, groups, and institutions based on their epistemic profiles within a community. Using a functionalist approach, I argue that epistemic reputation is pervasive in our societies because it facilitates navigation within social epistemic networks. Consequently, it holds significant importance as second-order evidence in testimonial belief formation. This proposal integrates reputation research, which has traditionally been relegated to the periphery of social epistemology, into the core of epistemology of testimony. As a result, we gain a deeper understanding of the burden and epistemic responsibility associated with epistemic injustice. This approach also promises to illuminate the concept of humility for experts in a new light.