6.30 Epistemic Value

Keywords: goals, goal, god, plantinga, value, aim, properly, consequences, theories, proper, life, epistemology, ethical, cognitive, epistemically

Number of articles: 37
Weighted number of articles: 35.01066

A scatterplot showing the raw number of articles that are in the epistemology subtopic epistemic value each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.54, and the median value is 0. It reaches a peak value of 3 in 1991, and has a minimum value of 0 in 1946.

Figure 6.125: Raw number of articles in topic 30, epistemic value.

A scatterplot showing the weighted number of articles that are in the epistemology subtopic epistemic value each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.49, and the median value is 0.22. It reaches a peak value of 2.35 in 2010, and has a minimum value of 0 in 1950.

Figure 6.126: Weighted number of articles in topic 30, epistemic value.

A scatterplot showing the proportion of philosophy articles that are in the epistemology subtopic epistemic value each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.1%, and the median value is 0.1%. It reaches a peak value of 0.6% in 1991, and has a minimum value of 0.0% in 1950.

Figure 6.127: Percentage of philosophy articles in topic 30, epistemic value.

A scatterplot showing the percentage of epistemology articles that are in the epistemology subtopic epistemic value each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 1.6%, and the median value is 0.8%. It reaches a peak value of 14.7% in 1949, and has a minimum value of 0.0% in 1950.

Figure 6.128: Percentage of epistemology articles in topic 30, epistemic value.

Characteristic Articles

  1. Michael Bishop and J. D. Trout, 2005, “The Pathologies of Standard Analytic Epistemology,” Noûs 39:696–714.
  2. Michael Ridge, 2013, “Getting Lost on the Road to Larissa,” Noûs 47:181–201.
  3. Evan Fales, 1996, “Plantinga’s Case Against Naturalistic Epistemology,” Philosophy of Science 63:432–51.
  4. Jeff Jordan, 2006, “Does Skeptical Theism Lead to Moral Skepticism?,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 72:403–17.
  5. Hilary Putnam, 1991, “Philosophical Reminiscences with Reflections on Firth’s Work,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 51:143–7.
  6. Jason Baehr, 2012, “Credit Theories and the Value of Knowledge,” The Philosophical Quarterly 62:1–22.
  7. Stephen Maitzen, 1995, “Our Errant Epistemic Aim,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 55:869–76.
  8. Wayne D. Riggs, 2003, “Balancing Our Epistemic Goals,” Noûs 37:342–52.
  9. Roberta Cutler Klein, 1987, “Are We Morally Obligated to be Intellectually Responsible?,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 48:79–92.
  10. Selim Berker, 2013, “Epistemic Teleology and the Separateness of Propositions,” Philosophical Review 122:337–93.

Highly Cited Articles

  1. Thomas Kelly, 2003, “Epistemic Rationality as Instrumental Rationality: A Critique,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 66:612–40. (0.6560862)
  2. Alvin Plantinga, 1981, “Is Belief in God Properly Basic?,” Noûs 15:41–51. (0.5051732)
  3. Wayne D. Riggs, 2002, “Reliability and the Value of Knowledge,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 64:79–96. (0.6661079)