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Epistemic Responsibility
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Testimonial Injustice
To avoid testimonial injustice, individuals must give equal credibility to knowledge shared by all speakers, regardless of prejudice towards the speaker's identity.
Epistemic Responsibility
Epistemic responsibility refers to the obligation individuals have to pursue, maintain, and disseminate knowledge in an ethical and accurate manner.
Intellectual Virtues
Intellectual virtues are character traits that are good for thinking and reasoning, such as open-mindedness, intellectual courage, and intellectual humility.
Peer Review
Epistemic duties in peer review include providing unbiased feedback, evaluating work on its merits, and respecting confidentiality during the review process.
Evidentialism
One has the duty to form beliefs based on sufficient evidence and to proportion belief to the strength of that evidence, thereby promoting rational judgement.
Cognitive Dissonance
In terms of epistemic responsibility, cognitive dissonance should be addressed by seeking out information to challenge conflicting beliefs and striving for coherence in one's own understanding.
Intellectual Autonomy
Intellectual autonomy involves thinking for oneself while also considering the ideas and arguments of others responsibly and respectfully.
Epistemic Humility
Epistemic humility requires acknowledging the limits of one's knowledge and being open to new evidence and arguments.
Epistemic Justice
One's duties in achieving epistemic justice involve recognizing the equal intellectual contribution of all individuals and working to dismantle systemic knowledge inequalities.
Confirmation Bias
The duties in avoiding confirmation bias involve actively seeking information that challenges one's own beliefs and considering evidence impartially.
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