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The Applied Epistemology Project @ UNC
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Project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill promoting outstanding scholarship that applies the questions and tools of epistemology to issues of pressing public concern. More information at aep.unc.edu.
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September 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Interested in serving as a respondent? Apply by October 31st; instructions here: philevents.org/event/show/1... (3/3)
September 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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We have a fantastic, interdisciplinary lineup including @aecoppock.bsky.social, @kfrostarnold.bsky.social, Megan Hyska, Rishi Joshi, @jleadermaynard.bsky.social, @pamukz.bsky.social, @gordpennycook.bsky.social, and @esydnor.bsky.social. (2/3)
September 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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But what about when an individual expert tells you something and you don't know whether it's the consensus or subject to expert disagreement? Should you defer then? In his new paper forthcoming in PPR, AEP Fellow Devin Lane argues that you generally shouldn't. Check it out:
philpapers.org/rec/LANSYD
Devin Lane, Should You Defer to Individual Experts? - PhilPapers
Should you defer to individual experts? That is, when a single expert – rather than a group of experts or even expert consensus – testifies that p, should you believe that ...
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April 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM