| Title: |
Academia’s Big Five: a normative taxonomy for the epistemic responsibilities of universities [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] |
| Authors: |
Rik Peels; René van Woudenberg; Jeroen de Ridder; Lex Bouter |
| Source: |
F1000Research, Vol 8 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: |
F1000 Research Ltd, 2020. |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Medicine; LCC:Science |
| Subject Terms: |
Medicine; Science |
| Description: |
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. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2046-1402 |
| Relation: |
https://f1000research.com/articles/8-862/v2; https://doaj.org/toc/2046-1402 |
| DOI: |
10.12688/f1000research.19459.2 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/86cd539dcd0a4bf095e789407dcdda31 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.86cd539dcd0a4bf095e789407dcdda31 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |