Routledge Handbook of Social Epistemology

<p>Edited by an international team of leading scholars <i>The Routledge Handbook of Social Epistemology</i> is the first major reference work devoted to this growing field. The <i>Handbook</i>’s 46 chapters all appearing in print here for the first time and written by philosophers and social theorists from around the world are organized into eight main parts:</p><p></p><ul> <br><br><p></p> <li>Historical Backgrounds</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>The Epistemology of Testimony</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Disagreement Diversity and Relativism</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Science and Social Epistemology</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>The Epistemology of Groups</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Feminist Epistemology</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>The Epistemology of Democracy</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Further Horizons for Social Epistemology</li> <br><br> </ul><p></p><p>With lists of references after each chapter and a comprehensive index this volume will prove to be the definitive guide to the burgeoning interdisciplinary field of social epistemology.</p>