Knowledge in Crisis
Knowledge in Crisis
Disciplines
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion (100%)
Keywords
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Epistemology,
Science,
Ethics,
Mind,
Language,
Political Philosophy
Knowledge is the ultimate human resource: without knowledge we cannot effectively manage the environment, our cities, healthcare, governments, education systems, science, culture and everything else. Knowledge is what makes our societies flourish and grow. But today we face a crisis of knowledge. Our claims to knowledge are being threatened by rapid and spectacular developments in technology, as well as by attacks on the very ideas of knowledge and truth themselves. The flood of information on the internet challenges our ability to tell truth from falsehood. Artificial Intelligence produces apparently plausible texts which have little connection to reality. Across many areas of inquiry, there is a widespread rejection of standards of evidence and expertise. Misinformation is spread as if it were information (for example, about democratic elections). There are conspiracy theories about the authority of science: for example, about climate change and vaccines. What explains this crisis, how should we understand it, and how should we deal with it? At the heart of the crisis of knowledge are philosophical problems about the relationship between knowledge, truth, science, ethics and politics; and ultimately our relationship to reality itself. Some of these questions are among the perennial questions of philosophy. For example: What is truth? What is knowledge? Who or what is a knower? Does science have any special authority in telling us what to believe? But some questions arise especially for us today. For example: how can we tell whether information on the internet is fake? Are there alternative facts? How can we allow a plurality of views and tolerate disagreement? How should scientific knowledge function in our democratic societies? What is democracy and how can it be defended? The Knowledge in Crisis project addresses these large philosophical questions by bringing together philosophers from four Austrian universities (CEU, the universities of Vienna, Graz and Salzburg). The Cluster starts from the assumption that in order to understand and tackle this crisis, we need a new approach which brings thinkers from many areas of philosophy together not just in the small part of philosophy which deals with questions about knowledge, but also in the fields of ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophies of science, mind, language and reality. These areas of philosophy normally pursue their questions independently, but Knowledge in Crisis will probe the deep connections between them, and therefore make possible a completely new understanding of todays crises of knowledge.
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Director of Research (17.10.2022 - )
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Board of Directors (17.10.2022 - )
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Board of Directors (17.10.2022 - )
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Board of Directors (17.10.2022 - )
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Board of Directors (17.10.2022 - )
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Board of Directors (17.10.2022 - )
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Board of Directors (14.11.2023 - )
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Board of Directors (17.10.2022 - )
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Simon Rippon, Central European University Private University (14.11.2023 -)
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Guido Melchior, Universität Graz (31.3.2023 -)
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Katharina Felka, Universität Graz (31.3.2023 -)
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Martina Fürst, Universität Graz (31.3.2023 -)
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Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl, Universität Graz (31.3.2023 -)
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Ursula Renz, Universität Graz (31.3.2023 -)
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Bettina Bussmann, Universität Salzburg (31.3.2023 -)
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Julien Murzi, Universität Salzburg (31.3.2023 -)
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Patricia Palacios, Universität Salzburg (31.3.2023 -)
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Angela Kallhoff, Universität Wien (31.3.2023 -)
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Benjamin Sebastian Schnieder, Universität Wien (31.3.2023 -)
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Franz-Markus Peschl, Universität Wien (31.3.2023 -)
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Herwig Grimm, Universität Wien (31.3.2023 -)
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Mark Coeckelbergh, Universität Wien (31.3.2023 -)
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Markus Pinkert, Universität Wien (31.3.2023 -)
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Tarja Knuuttila, Universität Wien (31.3.2023 -)
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Julian Reiss, Universität Linz (31.3.2023 -)
- Universität Wien - 49%
- Universität Graz - 16%
- Universität Salzburg - 13%
- Central European University Private University - 22%
- Georgi Gardiner, University of Tennessee - USA
- Jason Stanley, Yale University - USA
- Jessie Munton, University of Cambridge - United Kingdom
- Quassim Cassam, University of Warwick - United Kingdom
Research Output
- 1 Citations
- 4 Publications
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2024
Title Evidential Incognizance DOI 10.1007/s12136-024-00608-0 Type Journal Article Author Rippon S Journal Acta Analytica Pages 1-14 Link Publication -
2024
Title Phenomenal knowledge, imagination, and hermeneutical injustice DOI 10.4324/9781003366898-14 Type Book Chapter Author Fürst M Publisher Taylor & Francis Pages 173-197 Link Publication -
2024
Title Where conspiracy theories come from, what they do, and what to do about them DOI 10.1080/0020174x.2024.2375778 Type Journal Article Author Harris K Journal Inquiry Pages 1-28 Link Publication -
2024
Title Scientific realism, scientific practice, and science communication: An empirical investigation of academics and science communicators DOI 10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.05.005 Type Journal Article Author Pils R Journal Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pages 85-98 Link Publication