Category: Epistemics

  • Epistemics: (Part 2: Examples)

    Epistemics: (Part 2: Examples)

    In this post, I look at some ways in which examples are systematically misused in discussions by effective altruists. I focus on two cases: Aum Shinrikyo and the Biological Weapons Convention.

  • Epistemics (Part 1: Introduction)

    Epistemics (Part 1: Introduction)

    Effective altruists use the term `epistemics’ to describe practices that shape knowledge, belief and opinion within a community. This series focuses on areas in which community epistemic could be productively improved. In this post, I introduce the series by giving three examples of the topics that I will be concerned about.