10/20/2006
Chapter 4, rough draft for review for PATF
Argument against 'epistemophilia', the focus on increasing knowledge as the sole purpose of epistemology, or that more knowledge is the only epistemic virtue.
Seeks to place other concepts like 'trust' and 'ignorance' as epistemic virtues, or make them indispensable in the framework of epistemology. E.g. you need to trust another epistemic agent for you to actually gain new knowledge from them, and you also have to admit that you're ignorant about a particular subject.
Important to acquire knowledge in a responsible manner from other epistemic agents and treat them with respect, not just as sources for information.
The possibility of incoherence in a body of knowledge, or multiple incommensurate bodies of knowledge, possibly even about the same subject matter. For instance compare western medicine and other traditional healing practices. If true, this undercuts the idea that knowledge can be added up to form a complete singular body of work.
Discusses the copyright issues and problems when western scientific models interact with other culture's knowledge base.
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