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Eder, Anna-Maria Asunta ORCID: 0000-0002-4803-9786 (2025). Learning from Others’ Evidence: A Focus on Non-Epistemic Values. Episteme, 22 (3). pp. 731-743. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 1742-3600

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Abstract

Abstract We simplify our lives by learning from others. I focus on instances where we learn from our peers by receiving evidence that they have evidence for a hypothesis. I refer to this type of learning as learning from others’ evidence . I exclusively consider cases where we do not learn what the other agent’s evidence is; we only receive evidence that such evidence exists. I approach learning from others’ evidence by exploring the following slogan, popular in epistemology: EEE-Slogan “[E]vidence of evidence is evidence. More carefully, evidence that there is evidence for h is evidence for h ” (Feldman 2007: 208; notation adjusted). I am interested in the limitations of the slogan, focus on the impact of non-epistemic values on it, and argue for the following main thesis : Non-Epistemic Values in the EEE-Slogan: There are cases in which we cannot (adequately) apply the EEE-Slogan due to the differing non-epistemic values between us and our peers. In arguing for the thesis, I draw on and expand insights from the philosophy of science. There are instances where our peers’ reasoning, commitments, and evidence (see Douglas 2000) are not rationally acceptable to us due to differences in non-epistemic values. Building on this, I contend that in such cases, we cannot (adequately) apply the slogan.

Item Type:	Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Eder, Anna-Maria Asunta UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4803-9786 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-799197
Identification Number:	10.1017/epi.2025.10054
Journal or Publication Title:	Episteme
Volume:	22
Number:	3
Page Range:	pp. 731-743
Number of Pages:	13
Date:	29 September 2025
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	1742-3600
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 8: Philosophie (Philosophisches Seminar) > Philosophisches Seminar
Subjects:	Philosophy
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Division of Labour English Peers English Learning from Peers English Evidence of Evidence English Non-Epistem Values English Evidence English Evidential Support English
['eprint_fieldname_oa_funders' not defined]:	Publikationsfonds UzK
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/79919