Conspiracy Theories
Keeley: "Of Conspiracy Theories": Parts I-III (pp.109-118)
Keeley: "Of Conspiracy Theories": Parts IV-VI (pp.118-126)
Cassam: "Vice Epistemology": The Case of Oliver (pp. 159-163)
Cassam: "Vice Epistemology": Intellectual Character and Responsibility (pp. 164-169)
Intellectual Virtues
Franklin: "Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection" & Baehr: "Virtues" (30-34)
FIRST EXAM
Gossip
C. Coady: “Pathologies of Testimony” (253-260)
Rumor
C. Coady: "Pathologies of Testimony" (260-266)
D. Coady: “Rumour Has It”
Bullsh*t
Hicks et al.: "What is ChatGPT" (pp.1-3) & "What is Generative AI?" (Video)
Hicks et al.: "Lies, Hallucinations and Bullsh*t" (pp.4-6)
Hicks et al.: "ChatGpt is Bullsh*t" (pp.6-9) [Class Debate]
SECOND EXAM
Fake News
Rini: “Fake News and Partisan Epistemology” (43-49)
Rini: “Fake News and Partisan Epistemology” (49-58)
Echo Chambers
Nguyen: "Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles" (141-150)
Nguyen: "Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles" (150-159)
Intellectual Vices
Lynch: "Arrogance, Truth, and Public Discourse" (283-286, 290-295)
Peer Disagreement
Feldman: "Reasonable Religious Disagreements" (pp. 1-5)
Feldman: "Reasonable Religious Disagreements": (pp. 6-15)
Feldman: "Reasonable Religious Disagreements" (pp. 15-18) & Matheson: "The Epistemology of Disagreement"
Expertise
Huemer: “Is Critical Thinking Epistemically Responsible?” (522-526)
Huemer: “Is Critical Thinking Epistemically Responsible?” (526-531)