Sperber, D;
Clement, F;
Heintz, C;
Mascaro, O;
Mercier, H;
Origgi, G;
Wilson, D;
(2010)
Epistemic Vigilance.
Mind & Language
, 25
(4)
359 - 393.
10.1111/j.1468-0017.2010.01394.x.
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Abstract
Humans massively depend on communication with others, but this leaves them open to the risk of being accidentally or intentionally misinformed. To ensure that, despite this risk, communication remains advantageous, humans have, we claim, a suite of cognitive mechanisms for epistemic vigilance. Here we outline this claim and consider some of the ways in which epistemic vigilance works in mental and social life by surveying issues, research and theories in different domains of philosophy, linguistics, cognitive psychology and the social sciences.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Epistemic Vigilance |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2010.01394.x |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0017.2010.01394.x |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Sperber, D; Clement, F; Heintz, C; Mascaro, O; Mercier, H; Origgi, G; Wilson, D; (2010) Epistemic Vigilance. Mind & Language, 25 (4) 359 - 393, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0017.2010.01394.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html#terms). |
| Keywords: | false-belief, learning words, information, deception, knowledge, trust, preschoolers, mind, children, speakers |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Linguistics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1331363 |
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