The Philosophy of Epistemic Autonomy: Introduction to Special Issue
Skip to content PDF Page 2 / 7 fullscreen remove_circle_outline add_circle_outline rotate_right search group_add more_horiz get_app info list link The Philosophy of Epistemic Autonomy: Introduction to Special Issue Jonathan Matheson Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA ABSTRACT This paper provides an introduction to the special issue on the philosophy of epistemic autonomy. In addition to giving some background on various conceptions of epistemic autonomy it provides brief summaries of the articles in the special issue. ARTICLE HISTORY Received 4 March 2024 Accepted 23 March 2024 KEYWORDS Epistemic autonomy; intellectual virtue; epistemic paternalism Do your own research. Think for yourself. Don’t be a sheep. These prescriptions have become commonplace in our contemporary discourse. Each of these directives can be seen as expressing the value of epistemic autonomy. Of course, there is noth