Sam Dickson, Robin Pawlett, and Daniel Garcia Saavedra have just published a paper about epistemic malevolence. They critique the received definition and propose one that captures more intuitive instances and helps suggest ways of addressing it.
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The aim of this paper is two-fold. We argue against the received conception of epistemic malevolence and give a broader characterisation that, we argue, captures its real scope. We tackle the current...