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Network Epistemology1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2012

Paul Humphreys
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Abstract

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A comparison is made between some epistemological issues arising in computer networks and standard features of social epistemology. A definition of knowledge for computational devices is provided and the topics of nonconceptual content and testimony are discussed.

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Research Article
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Episteme , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 2009 , pp. 221 - 229
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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