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Epistemic Paternalism: Conceptions, Justifications and Implications

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  • 332 pages
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

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For researchers, academics, and tech thinkers.

Unpacks how experts manage and restrict knowledge.

Reflect on the ethics of data in modern society.

A critical examination of how information manipulation in big data affects our freedom of inquiry today.

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This volume considers forms of information manipulation and restriction in contemporary society, paying special attention to contemporary paternalistic practices in big data and scientific research, as the way in which the flow of information or knowledge might be curtailed by the manipulations of a small body of experts or algorithms.
Epistemic Paternalism: Conceptions, Justifications and Implications and Problems of Religious Luck: Assessing the Limits of Reasonable Religious Disagreement
Problems of Religious Luck: Assessing the Limits of Reasonable Religious DisagreementEpistemic Paternalism: Conceptions, Justifications and Implications

  • Title

    Epistemic Paternalism: Conceptions, Justifications and Implications

  • Authors

    Guy Axtell +1

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

  • Published

    June 2020

  • Weight

    659g

  • Page Count

    332

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781786615732

  • ISBN-10

    1786615738

  • Eden Code

    5115537