February 2026: Nicola Mößner – Die Transparenzthese der Fotografie (GAP)
Können wir durch Fotografien direkt auf den fotografierten Gegenstand blicken? Das jedenfalls behauptet die Transparenzthese der Fotografie. Nicola Mößner ist Philosophin an der Leibniz-Universität Hannover mit einem Arbeitsschwerpunkt in der analytischen Bild-Theorie. Im Video erklärt sie, was für und was gegen die Transparenzthese spricht.
Interview (in German) on practices of electronic publishing, open access and science tracking. Accessible online at: RaDiHum20
Abstract: During the Covid-19 pandemic, a significant number of people has seemingly been lured in believing conspiracy theories. Many deliberately disregarded expert advices by virologists and physicians to reduce new infections. This turning away from traditional expert authorities exemplifies the »crisis of expertise« that has been discussed in the philosophy of science for some time, namely that many people seem to have lost their trust in the established authority of expert knowledge and are looking for epistemic alternatives, especially on the Internet and in particular on social media. In this article, this digital cultural trend will be analysed.
Will people actually becoming more epistemically autonomous as a result of this new tend? Attention is drawn to the epistemic and moral vulnerability of people who opt for new media as epistemic alternatives instead of relying on traditional expert opinion. It will be shown that some important presuppositions about the Internet and, especially, social media tools as alternative ways to gathering information and find moral support in a group of likeminded people do not hold.
Keywords: algorithm; expert knowledge; epistemic individualism; social media; trust; moral vulnerability
Mößner, N., & Erlach, K. (2024). Elektronisches Publizieren und Bewertung wissenschaftlicher Expertise. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10948472
Mößner, N.: “Werte, Wahrheit, Wissenschaft”. In: Umstrittene Wahrheit(en). Zur Wahrheitsfrage in Philosophie und Religion, ed. by Rothenbusch, R. & Wiertz, O., Münster: Aschendorff Verlag 2023, pp. 89-122. (https://www.aschendorff-buchverlag.de/author/Wiertz%2C%20Oliver%20J./)
Mößner, N. (2023): „Digitale Praxis – Fallstrick für Normen im Wissenschaftsalltag?“. In:
prae|faktisch. https://www.praefaktisch.de/digitalisierung/digitale-praxis-fallstrick-fuer-normen-im-wissenschaftsalltag/.
Available as open access file!
Mößner, N. Databases, Science Communication, and the Division of Epistemic Labour. Axiomathes (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-022-09638-y
Mößner, Nicola; Erlach, Klaus (eds.): Kalibrierung der Wissenschaft. Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf die wissenschaftliche Erkenntnis. Bielefeld: transcript 2022.
Open Access Version available at: https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-6210-8/kalibrierung-der-wissenschaft/?number=978-3-8394-6210-2
There will be a panel discussion on the topic of science communication in the digital age at Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Vortragssaal (Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 10, 70173 Stuttgart) on July 15th, at 18.15. The panelists are:
This panel discussion is organised by my colleague, Dr. Klaus Erlach, and me. A live-stream on youtube will be available at:
https://www.philo.uni-stuttgart.de/termine/rekalibrierung.html
For further information please download the flyer of this event!
Since January 2022 I am an elected member of the extended board of the the “Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie e.V. (DGPhil)”. For more information follow this link.