A defence of children's capacity for epistemic autonomy and responsibility

• Main Author: Tan, Shi Min
• Other Authors: Andrew T. Forcehimes
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2025
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Philosophy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/183208

In this thesis, I defend the claim that children have sufficient capacities to be ascribed epistemic autonomy and consequently epistemic responsibility. To do so, I define epistemic autonomy as reflective endorsement and refer to empirical research to show that children have the capacity for it. Co...