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#588 Jennifer Lackey: The Epistemology of Groups; Groups Assertions, Groups Lies, and Responsibility

RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 4th 2021.
Dr. Jennifer Lackey is Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. Jennifer Lackey specializes in epistemology, with a particular emphasis on a broad range of issues in social epistemology. Her recent work focuses on false confessions, the criminal justice system, the duty to object, norms of credibility, the epistemic status of punishment, the epistemology of groups, expertise, and the distribution of epistemic goods. She is the author of several books, including The Epistemology of Groups.

In this episode, we talk about The Epistemology of Groups. We first get into basic questions in the epistemology of groups, like what is a group, individual and collective levels of analysis, and group agency. We discuss how to attribute moral responsibility to groups and individuals. We talk about beliefs, what they are from a group perspective, and what justifies them. We talk about social knowledge, group assertions, and group lies, and how to distinguish between individual and group lies. Finally, we discuss epistemic phenomena that the epistemology of groups sheds new light on, and future research on the epistemology of groups.

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Intro
What is the epistemology of groups?
What is a group?
Individual and collective levels of analysis
Group agency
Attributing moral responsibility to groups and individuals
What are beliefs?
When are beliefs justified?
What is social knowledge?
Group assertions
Group lies
Distinguishing between individual lies and group lies
From the epistemology of groups to assigning moral responsibility to groups
Epistemic phenomena that the epistemology of groups sheds new light on
Future research on the epistemology of groups
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