Epistemic deference

Learning that some person or groupEpistemic deference is the process of people hold certain views may sometimes provide valid grounds for epistemic deference, that is, for updating our ownone's beliefs in response to what others appear to believe, even if we ignoreone ignores the reasons for those beliefs or do not find those reasons persuasive. The question of when, how, and to what extent a rational agent should defer to others has been studied—from somewhat different angles—by philosophers working in social epistemology and by economists working in game theory.

Huemer, Michael (2019) On challenging the experts, Fake Nous, July 6.