Holger Kiik

@holgerkiik.bsky.social

Epistemology of Democracy; Challenges & Innovations of Democracy; Critical thinking; Philosophy https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Meos-Kiik Half-baked thoughts. Occasional pics of cats, nature or stuff that surprises me. 🇪🇪 stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦

Kirjutasin vahelduseks mõnuga eesti keeles. Miks ei ole vahva mõte delegeerida poliitilised otsused kujuteldavatele asjatundjatele, majandusteadlastele, ettevõtjatele vmt (ja need sõnad pole samatähenduslikud)? Poliitilised probeleemid+lahendused liiga mitmetahulised, väärtushinnangutega põimitud.

Miks ei peaks valitsema ainult asjatundjad? - Sirp

Demokraatia kriitikud on Platonist alates leidnud, et kogu rahva võimust oleks etem teadjate võim. Asjatundjad suutvat probleeme paremini lahendada ning nende õiged otsused tooksid kasu tervele ühisko...

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Adapting to global changes in the public reason infrastructure means teaching media literacy and critical thinking wayyyy before university. “Our overall objective is to promote the kind of skills that will enable people to think and act critically and be active members of a democratic society”

Finland teaches 6-year-olds how to spot disinformation—and they might be better at it than you | Fortune

"Media literacy is essential to building societal resilience, and Finland realized this quite early on."

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More than just rational, an epistemic duty to recognize expertise. Expertise "encompasses not only epistemic competence but also the virtues and institutional norms necessary for its responsible exercise." "What Do We Owe Experts? Epistemic Authority and Social Responsibility" by Dominik Jarczewski

What Do We Owe Experts? Epistemic Authority and Social Responsibility - Acta Analytica

This paper develops a normative account of our epistemic duties towards experts and expertise, advancing two complementary models of such duties. In an optimisation model, disregarding expertise const...

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Interesting second day waiting ahead @unirijeka.bsky.social conference "The Challenges of Hostile Epistemology- Democracy, media and Liberal Society" Keynote addressed what epistemic benevolence do liberal democrats owe to a) conspiracy theorists and b) general conspiracy worldview propagators?

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There are now over 2,300 people on my Philosophers list, plus over 250 philosophy groups and organisations in the orgs list! The #PhilosophySky (formerly PhilSky+) feed is still the best place to catch up with all the latest #philosophy posts on Bluesky. Pin and ❤️ the feed if you find it useful! 🙏

Dr Keith Wilson 💭@keithwilson.eu · last yr.

Resources for philosophers on Bluesky: 1. Starter packs go.bsky.app/kiKSKZ (people) go.bsky.app/RMuQBg3 (orgs) 2. New PhilSky+ feed 🦋 bsky.app/profile/did:... – uses #PhilSky & other common hashtags (see profile for more) 3. Lists bsky.app/profile/did:... (people) bsky.app/profile/did:... (orgs)

"Sharing academic research illegally responds to real injustices; it is remedial, necessary, and proportionate. Furthermore, the practice is also compatible with and sometimes even helps promote some of the core values underlying copyright law. #academicpublishing #epistemicjustice #openacess

In the Shadows: Academic Knowledge and Remedial Action

Open access activists and shadow libraries violate laws that restrict access to academic research. Is such lawbreaking morally permissible? This paper defends an affirmative answer. We argue that the ...

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Episode 7 OUT NOW! Pseudoscience! This episode we map out the spectrum from science to bad science to pseudoscience. Turn up the volume as we unpick the boundaries between them, and come away better equipped to spot the next pseudoscientific claim headed your way. Links in comments 👇️ #philsky

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Ilia State University Deputy Rector Prof. Giorgi Gvalia says Georgian Dream’s new education policy will strip the university of up to 90% of its programs and students. Popular fields like law, psychology, international relations, and business would effectively be eliminated.

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Rusudan Djakeli@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Georgian Dream has reassigned which academic fields each state university is allowed to teach. Ilia State University — one of Georgia’s largest universities and the only openly critical state university — will lose a significant share of its academic programs.