Mikkel Gerken

contemporaryAnalytic Epistemology

Mikkel Gerken is a Danish analytic philosopher specializing in epistemology, with a focus on epistemic norms, the theory of knowledge, and testimony. He is best known for his book On Folk Epistemology (Oxford University Press, 2017), which investigates the epistemic concepts deployed in ordinary cognition and practice. His work examines how norms governing assertion, belief, and action relate to knowledge and justification.

Notable Achievements

Authored On Folk Epistemology (OUP, 2017), a systematic treatment of lay epistemic norms and concepts

Developed accounts of epistemic norms governing assertion and inquiry

Advanced the epistemology of testimony, including transmission of justification across testimonial chains

Contributed to debates on the knowledge norm of assertion and its rivals

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