Debating epistemic rights and duties

Abstract

The control of knowledge, but also the distribution of knowledge and access to information are politically salient. The thickening of rules for the protection of privacy and personal data, of norms on the transparency of institutions and the regulation of social media platforms are but some examples of how epistemic goods and their distribution are crucial to the way we understand questions of justice, political participation and public justification. This is because control of what is and what is not to know, as well as the authority to produce, impart and distribute knowledge is connected to power. Competing claims to information and knowledge characterise many aspects of our practical life, but also concern the regulation of a number of our public activities. This panel invites discussion on the significance of epistemic rights and duties, as well as on the norms and institutions that should protect those rights.

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