EventsDIGITALISATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY
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This submission belongs to the session Conference FIS 2017. The Seventh International Conference on the Foundations of Information Science of the event DIGITALISATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY
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08 Jun, 2017
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Raffaela Giovagnoli, Autonomy, Testimony and Informational Diversity, in Proceedings of DIGITALISATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY, Gothenburg, 12 June–16 June 2017, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi: 10.3390/IS4SI-2017-03925
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Autonomy, Testimony and Informational Diversity

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1. Pontifical Lateran University, Rome
Abstract

I’ll follow a line of thought that suggests to intend “personal autonomy” in a social sense. The urgency to undertake this move arises because of the wide variety of informational sources we are exposed which influence our behavior. Social background represents the basis for autonomy; at the same time, interaction with others (real or virtual) enlarges the possibility for autonomous judgements.  My attempt is to try to elucidate the connection between autonomy, knowledge by testimony and the exposition to informational diversity.

Keywords
Autonomy
Testimony
Informational Diversity
Social Epistemology
Manuscript
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