Understanding, vulnerability and risk

Carter, J. A. (2023) Understanding, vulnerability and risk. In: González-Castán, Ó.L. (ed.) Cognitive Vulnerability: An Epistemological Approach. Series: Berlin studies in knowledge research, 18. De Gruyter: Berlin, pp. 177-192. ISBN 9783110799163 (doi: 10.1515/9783110799163-011)

Abstract

A key project in mainstream epistemology investigates the sense in which beliefs are vulnerable to knowledge-undermining luck and/or risk. This chapter will explore a related but largely overlooked question of how and to what extent our grasping connections between propositions is vulnerable to understanding- undermining luck and risk. The result will be a better view of how our attempts to understand the world are vulnerable when they are, and how to better mitigate against such vulnerabilities.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Additional Information: Supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Expanding Autonomy AH/W005077/1) and Digital Knowledge (AH/W008424/1) projects. Print ISBN: 9783110799064
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Carter, Professor J Adam
• Authors: Carter, J. A.
• Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Philosophy
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• ISBN: 9783110799163
• Copyright Holders: Copyright: © 2023 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
• First Published: First published in Cognitive Vulnerability: An Epistemological Approach
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