The Challenge Between Epistemic Autonomy and Epistemic Authority in Modern Epistemology
According to the prevalent account of modernity, its essence is autonomy and the rejection of all authorities, including religious authorities. This account also argues that testimony as a source of knowledge and justification differs fundamentally from authority. In other words, it argues that acce...
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| description | According to the prevalent account of modernity, its essence is autonomy and the rejection of all authorities, including religious authorities. This account also argues that testimony as a source of knowledge and justification differs fundamentally from authority. In other words, it argues that accepting testimony as a source of knowledge and justification does not imply accepting others' authority and does not contradict modern rationality and epistemic autonomy. This view has significant implications for religious epistemology. This article shows that the above concept of modernity is incorrect by using the statements of modern classical philosophers. Then it criticizes the distinction between testimony and authority. Any belief based on testimony is intrinsically dependent on the source's authority; thus, one cannot separate them. The article then presents two other significant criticisms of the idea of autonomy suggested by contemporary epistemologists. The conclusion is that the idea of autonomy is not justifiable and that accepting another authority under certain conditions is not in conflict with rationality, but rationality demands it. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-25f23843f03a40448c0d15c22f13391a2024-03-06T07:56:24ZfasImam Sadiq Universityپژوهشنامه فلسفه دین2228-65782228-65862022-02-0119213516510.30497/prr.2022.241520.169776174The Challenge Between Epistemic Autonomy and Epistemic Authority in Modern EpistemologyReza Naghavi0Mohammad Reza Asadi1Ph.D. Student of Philosophy of Religion, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.According to the prevalent account of modernity, its essence is autonomy and the rejection of all authorities, including religious authorities. This account also argues that testimony as a source of knowledge and justification differs fundamentally from authority. In other words, it argues that accepting testimony as a source of knowledge and justification does not imply accepting others' authority and does not contradict modern rationality and epistemic autonomy. This view has significant implications for religious epistemology. This article shows that the above concept of modernity is incorrect by using the statements of modern classical philosophers. Then it criticizes the distinction between testimony and authority. Any belief based on testimony is intrinsically dependent on the source's authority; thus, one cannot separate them. The article then presents two other significant criticisms of the idea of autonomy suggested by contemporary epistemologists. The conclusion is that the idea of autonomy is not justifiable and that accepting another authority under certain conditions is not in conflict with rationality, but rationality demands it.https://prrj.isu.ac.ir/article_76174_54dc06a39011697ca3bbde96bb8e51ea.pdfepistemic authorityepistemic autonomytestimonymodernity |
| spellingShingle | Reza Naghavi Mohammad Reza Asadi The Challenge Between Epistemic Autonomy and Epistemic Authority in Modern Epistemology پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین epistemic authority epistemic autonomy testimony modernity |
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