Dimensions Of Epistemic Authority Of University Professors

Solveiga Blumberga

doi:10.12955/snsj.v5i0.299

Solveiga Blumberga Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12955/snsj.v5i0.299

Keywords: Epistemic Beliefs, Perceived Epistemic Authority.

Abstract

The article analyses the issue of the concept of social epistemology regarding knowledge transmission from the point of view of social psychology. Knowledge transmission is related to the epistemic aspect of authority, which is demonstrated by the structural element of authority – source of knowledge or the assumed truth. In higher education, the distinction of epistemology is related to epistemological views, their multiple dimensions which show the extent and type how students perceive professors as epistemic authorities – sources of knowledge who are trusted and relied on.

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