Epistemology and Education: An Incomplete Guide to the Social-Epistemological Issues

Episteme ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey Siegel
Keyword(s):  
Social Epistemology ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
The Core ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Social ◽  
Core Areas ◽  
Parent Discipline ◽  
Knowledge Claims ◽  
Philosophical Questions

Recent work in epistemology has focused increasingly on the social dimensions of knowledge and inquiry. Education is one important social arena in which knowledge plays a leading role, and in which knowledge-claims are presented, analyzed, evaluated, and transmitted. Philosophers of education have long attended to the epistemological issues raised by the theory and practice of education (along with the moral, metaphysical, social-political, and mind/language issues so raised). While historically philosophical issues concerning education were treated alongside other philosophical issues, in recent times the former set of issues have been largely neglected by philosophers working in the core areas of the discipline. Interestingly, the rise of social epistemology has been accompanied by a renewed interest by mainstream philosophers in philosophical questions concerning education. Whether or not this accompaniment is accidental, or is legitimately explainable in terms of broad intellectual, philosophical, or social/political currents and movements, I will not endeavor to address here. The increasing respectability of and philosophical interest in both social epistemology and philosophy of education are in any case salutary developments, each signaling both a broadening of the set of interests and issues deemed legitimate by practitioners of the parent discipline, and an increased willingness to take seriously the philosophical problems raised by the ubiquitous social/communal effort to transmit/transform culture(s) by way of education.

scholarly journals In the midst of theory and practice: a foreword

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Hannes Peltonen ◽  
Knut Traisbach
Keyword(s):  
Social World ◽  
World Society ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
The Core ◽  
Critical Engagement ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status

Abstract This foreword frames the Symposium in two ways. It summarises the core themes running through the nine ‘meditations’ in The Status of Law in World Society. Moreover, it places these themes in the wider context of Kratochwil's critical engagement with how we pursue knowledge of and in the social world and translate this knowledge into action. Ultimately, also his pragmatic approach cannot escape the tensions between theory and practice. Instead, we are in the midst of both.

Social Organization of Science

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Carrier
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Social Epistemology ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Scientific Communities ◽  
Science Section ◽  
The Social ◽  
Organization Of Science ◽  
Knowledge Claims

The social organization of science as a topic of philosophy of science mostly concerns the question of which kinds of social organization are most beneficial to the epistemic aspirations of science. Section 1 addresses the interaction among scientists for improving epistemic qualities of knowledge claims in contrast to the mere accumulation of contributions from several scientists. Section 2 deals with the principles that are supposed to organize this interaction among scientists such that well-tested and well-confirmed knowledge is produced. Section 3 outlines what is supposed to glue scientific communities together and how society at large is assumed to affect the social organization of these communities. Section 4 attends to social epistemology (i.e., to attempts to explore the influence of social roles and characteristics on the system of scientific knowledge and confirmation practices).

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Hutchison ◽  
Catriona Mackenzie ◽  
Marina Oshana
Keyword(s):  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Social Epistemology ◽  
Feminist Philosophy ◽  
Relational Autonomy ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Philosophical Literature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
Scant Attention

This introduction distinguishes ways the social dimensions of moral responsibility have been investigated in recent philosophical literature: some theories highlight the interpersonal dimensions of moral responsibility practices; some explicate the interlocutive properties of morally reactive exchanges; while others seek to explain the role of the social environment in scaffolding agency. Despite the rise of social approaches, philosophers have paid scant attention to the implications of inequalities of power for theorizing about moral responsibility. The remainder of the introduction articulates a set of problems posed by contexts of structural injustice for theories of moral responsibility and highlights the relevance of recent work in feminist philosophy on relational autonomy and social epistemology for understanding and addressing these problems. The introduction notes the overlaps and differences between the concepts of autonomy and moral responsibility and offers preliminary reflections on how debates about relational autonomy might bear on social theories of moral responsibility.

scholarly journals How CFO’s communicate financial information - A pedagogical task in theory and practice

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Krister Bredmar
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Oral Presentation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Oral Presentations

An important result when communicating is to gain a deeper understanding and that meaning is created by the reciever of that which is communicated by the transmitter. This can in a way be described as the core of the pedagogical communication. The premise of this study is that the pedagogical communication can be understood and explained by means of the financial reports (1), oral presentation (2), using concepts and illustrations (3) and by the social context, the group where the communication takes place (4). The theoretical areas that form the basis of the first question in this study, how the communication can be designed, are based on these four areas. In a second part 111 CFOs in Swedish municipalities responded, via a web-based questionnaire, how they work with these areas. The result shows that they are largely working with several of the pedagogical areas, such as in the financial reports and oral presentations but that there are also areas such as the social context and the group's importance in the pedagogical communication that are not as developed. Although much is already working well, there are areas that can be developed to get the pedagogical communication of financial information to work even better.

scholarly journals Social Dimensions of Political Risk – SDPR: Concept and Index for Risk Impact on Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-107
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Model ◽  
International Business ◽  
Value Function ◽  
Political Risk ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
The Core ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
Element System

Political risk concerns the profits and investment plans of international business (MNCs, FDI). The Social Dimensions of Political Risk – SDPR is an unchartered territory of political risk. Consequently, on the basis of the analysis of theories of risk, political risk, systems, values and globalization the concept for SDPR is generated. This concept is based on basic assumptions: 1) society is a system whose elements are subsystems; 2) the societal subsystem is at the core of society; 3) the relation between societal subsystem and society is such as the relation element – system; 4) political risk is systemic; 5) values are axial to the system, and their carrier is the societal subsystem; 6) laws are an artificial construct that has only a value function, but is not a value; 7) the incommensurability between values and the above mentioned artificial construct generates SDPRs that are relevant to the risk for society. A formal theoretical and analytical model of SDPR and a value triangle and conceptual index of SDPR based on it are introduced. Key conclusions pertain to the following: the need for reconsider the paradigm of democracy; greater participation of the societal subsystem; need for subsystems’ mutual restraint based on the principle of authorities’ restraint.

scholarly journals TAPS HEXAGONAL EN EL DESARROLLO DEL PENSAMIENTO LÓGICO

2019 ◽  
pp. 16-18
Keyword(s):  
Social Dimensions ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Mathematical Signs

TAPS HEXAGONAL EN EL DESARROLLO DEL PENSAMIENTO LÓGICO  TAPS HEXAGONAL IN THE LOGICAL THOUGHT'S DEVELOPMENT Ivan Rojas DOI: https://doi.org/10.33017/RevECIPeru2008.0008/ RESUMEN El juego consiste en armar los taps hexagonal con números y usar los signos matemáticos de las operaciones básicas, intermedias y avanzadas según el nivel de que se encuentre. El alumno debe tratar de formar 5 a más ecuaciones en poco tiempo con los taps hexagonales. En el presente proyecto hemos elegido los hexagonales que se adaptan mejor a nuestros intereses y abarcar los ámbitos de las matemáticas ya que hay trabajos que no se dedican a los niveles de transferencia y las dimensiones sociales. Palabra Clave: Juegos Matemáticos, Matemática Recreativa. ABSTRACT The game consists of arming the taps hex numbers and using mathematical signs of the core operations, intermediate and advanced levels as it is. The student must try to form 5 to more equations in a short time with taps hexagonal. In this project we chose the hexagonal that are better suited to our interests and cover the fields of mathematics as there are jobs that are not dedicated to the levels of transfer and the social dimensions. Keyword: Mathematical Games, Mathematical Recreativa.

scholarly journals Methodology for predictive socio-cultural design

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Extra-D) ◽  
pp. 279-287
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Vladlenovich Kamenets ◽  
Natalia Ivanovna Anufrieva ◽  
Eugeny Alexandrovich Anufriev ◽  
Elena Ivanovna Grigorieva ◽  
Igor Vladimirovich Batishchev
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Cultural Design ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Sphere

This article examines the main methodological provisions for the theory and practice of predictive socio-cultural design. The article examines the main problems, which the developers of projects in the socio-cultural sphere are facing; emphasizes the communicative content and project activities focus; analyses the achievements of the Russian school of predictive social design initiated by T.M. Dridze and their significance for modern design practice. The theoretical and activity-related, as well as systematic and situational analyses of project activity in terms of the social interaction paradigm are considered to be the initial methodological requirements. The social levels of this interaction and the corresponding strategies for project activities are of particular attention. The leading role of the cultural content and the cultural context of predictive socio-cultural design is highlighted in the critical analysis of the project experience accumulated during the autonomous sociological approach and social engineering, which remain insufficiently effective in their development and implementation.

scholarly journals Toward a Sociology of Artificial Intelligence: A Call for Research on Inequalities and Structural Change

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 237802312199958
Author(s):  
Kelly Joyce ◽  
Laurel Smith-Doerr ◽  
Sharla Alegria ◽  
Susan Bell ◽  
Taylor Cruz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Structural Change ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Shaping ◽  
Sociological Approaches

This article outlines a research agenda for a sociology of artificial intelligence (AI). The authors review two areas in which sociological theories and methods have made significant contributions to the study of inequalities and AI: (1) the politics of algorithms, data, and code and (2) the social shaping of AI in practice. The authors contrast sociological approaches that emphasize intersectional inequalities and social structure with other disciplines’ approaches to the social dimensions of AI, which often have a thin understanding of the social and emphasize individual-level interventions. This scoping article invites sociologists to use the discipline’s theoretical and methodological tools to analyze when and how inequalities are made more durable by AI systems. Sociologists have an ability to identify how inequalities are embedded in all aspects of society and to point toward avenues for structural social change. Therefore, sociologists should play a leading role in the imagining and shaping of AI futures.

Zayyat, Elias (1935--)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anneka Lenssen
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
Modern Art ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
The Core ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Core Faculty ◽  
Teaching Position ◽  
The Social ◽  
Visual Style ◽  
Art Pedagogy

The painter Elias Zayyat (born Damascus, Syria, 1935) has played a leading role in developing a Syrian modern art pedagogy and analysis of Syrian visual culture—particularly traditions of icon painting. He first learned painting as a teenager in the studio of Michel Kurché in Damascus, followed by fellowship study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria (1956–1960) and a final year at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo, Egypt. Upon his return to Syria, Zayyat took an assistant teaching position at the new College of Fine Arts in Damascus, where he worked with the core faculty to overhaul and update the curriculum to an international standard of open experimentation. He became involved in the Group of Ten in 1970, which was dedicated to encouraging the development of art outside the official ministry framework in Syria. His own art is influenced by religious and popular iconography and often makes use of allegory to express the social, economic, and political plight of Syrians. Zayyat has also worked as a restorer of icons as well as completing new icon commissions. In this work, he seeks to employ a modern visual style and to develop distinctively Syrian features.

scholarly journals Scientific Progress and Collective Attitudes

Episteme ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Keith Raymond Harris
Keyword(s):  
Social Epistemology ◽  
True Belief ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
Epistemic Attitude ◽  
Epistemic States ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
Strategy I

Abstract Psychological-epistemic accounts take scientific progress to consist in the development of some psychological-epistemic attitude. Disagreements over what the relevant attitude is – true belief, knowledge, or understanding – divide proponents of the semantic, epistemic, and noetic accounts of scientific progress, respectively. Proponents of all such accounts face a common challenge. On the face of it, only individuals have psychological attitudes. However, as I argue in what follows, increases in individual true belief, knowledge, and understanding are neither necessary nor sufficient for scientific progress. Rather than being fatal to the semantic, epistemic, and noetic accounts, this objection shows that these accounts are most plausible when they take the psychological states relevant to scientific progress to be states of communities, rather than individuals. I draw on recent work in social epistemology to develop two ways in which communities can be the bearers of irreducible psychological-epistemic states. Each way yields a strategy by which proponents of one of the psychological-epistemic accounts might attempt to account for the social dimensions of scientific progress. While I present serious reasons for concern about the first strategy, I argue that the second strategy, at least, offers a promising path forward for a psychological-epistemic account of scientific progress.

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