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Responsibility in epistemic collaborations: Is it me, is it the group or are we all to blame?

Palermos, S. Orestis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0297-084X 2022. Responsibility in epistemic collaborations: Is it me, is it the group or are we all to blame? Philosophical Issues 32 (1) , pp. 335-350. 10.1111/phis.12230

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Abstract

According to distributed virtue reliabilism (Palermos, 2020b), epistemic collaborations—such as Transactive Memory Systems and Scientific Research Teams—can be held epistemically responsible at the collective level. This raises the question of whether participants of epistemic collaborations are exempt from being held individually responsible. In response, this paper explores two possible ways in which attributions of individual responsibility may still be appropriate within epistemic collaborations: (I) Individuals can be held epistemically responsible for their individual shortcomings, but no amount of individual epistemic responsibility can replace collective epistemic responsibility. (II) Even if it is denied that participants of epistemic collaborations can be held epistemically responsible at the individual level, they may be held structurally, perhaps morally, and even legally responsible at the individual level for breaking joint commitments necessary for the effective coordination of the epistemic collaboration.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: English, Communication and Philosophy
Publisher: Wiley
ISSN: 1533-6077
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 25 October 2022
Date of Acceptance: 8 August 2022
Last Modified: 23 May 2023 19:41
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/153683

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