What are the hallmarks of a healthy epistemic environment? “The epistemic environment might be protected in a couple of ways from the ill epistemic effects of mass circulation of fake news. Another idea is that the state playing a role in the epistemic environment opens the door to Big Brother-type scenarios. “What I am proposing is that the state take a broader interest and potential involvement in the functioning of the epistemic environment. They simply help mitigate harm done to the epistemic environment or help members of epistemic communities adapt to an otherwise worsened epistemic environment.

Source: The Irish Times May 15, 2018 04:52 UTC