TY - JOUR
T1 - Academia's Big Five: A normative taxonomy for the epistemic responsibilities of universities
AU - Peels, Rik
AU - van Woudenberg, René
AU - de Ridder, Jeroen
AU - Bouter, Lex
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This paper proposes a normative taxonomy by which universities can express the extent to which they meet five core epistemic responsibilities. Epistemic responsibilities are responsibilities that have to do with the attainment of knowledge and understanding. The core epistemic responsibilities, which we call the Big Five, are to (1) foster research integrity, (2) teach for intellectual virtue, (3) address the big questions of life, (4) give humanistic inquiry and education a proper place, and (5) serve society. The paper characterizes the Big Five in some detail and explains why they are core epistemic responsibilities of universities. The paper concludes by describing the steps that should be taken in order to test, amend, and implement the taxonomy.
AB - This paper proposes a normative taxonomy by which universities can express the extent to which they meet five core epistemic responsibilities. Epistemic responsibilities are responsibilities that have to do with the attainment of knowledge and understanding. The core epistemic responsibilities, which we call the Big Five, are to (1) foster research integrity, (2) teach for intellectual virtue, (3) address the big questions of life, (4) give humanistic inquiry and education a proper place, and (5) serve society. The paper characterizes the Big Five in some detail and explains why they are core epistemic responsibilities of universities. The paper concludes by describing the steps that should be taken in order to test, amend, and implement the taxonomy.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33708379
U2 - 10.12688/f1000research.19459.2
DO - 10.12688/f1000research.19459.2
M3 - Article
C2 - 33708379
VL - 8
JO - F1000Research
JF - F1000Research
SN - 2046-1402
M1 - 862
ER -