Epistemic Trespassing

2017/11/01 by Nathan Ballantyne · 1 voice · 9 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics #Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies #Philosophy and History of Science

paper · doi:10.1093/mind/fzx042

openalex publication_date 2017/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25

Abstract

Epistemic trespassers judge matters outside their field of expertise. Trespassing is ubiquitous in this age of interdisciplinary research and recognizing this will require us to be more intellectually modest.

Citations

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Discussions

• see also #EpistemicTrespass / #EpistemicTrespassing, & good balanced paper on it: Ballantyne, Nathan. "Epistemic Trespassing." Mind, Vol 128, Issue 510, April 2019, Pages 367–395. DOI link: doi.org/10 [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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