Michel Croce

contemporaryAnalytic Epistemology

Michel Croce is a contemporary Italian philosopher working in analytic epistemology, with a focus on social epistemology, testimony, and epistemic injustice. He has contributed to debates about how knowledge and justification transmit through social networks, particularly examining the conditions under which testimonial chains preserve or generate epistemic warrant. His work engages with both traditional epistemology and its social dimensions.

Notable Achievements

Developed accounts of testimonial justification and its transmission through chains of testimony

Contributed to debates on epistemic injustice and its epistemological implications

Published research on social epistemology bridging individual and collective epistemic norms

Worked on the relationship between virtue epistemology and testimonial knowledge

Positions & Arguments(1)

Truth & Knowledge

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Testimonial justification can be generated through a chain of testimony even when the transmitting testifier lacks justified belief