Academia’s Big Five: a normative taxonomy for the epistemic responsibilities of universities

Rik Peels; René van Woudenberg; Jeroen de Ridder; Lex M. Bouter

doi:https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19459.2

doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19459.2

Academia’s Big Five: a normative taxonomy for the epistemic responsibilities of universities

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F1000Research

Volume: 8, Pages: 862 - 862

Published: Jul 6, 2020

Abstract

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)...

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Academia’s Big Five: a normative taxonomy for the epistemic responsibilities of universities

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doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19459.2

Published Date

Jul 6, 2020

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F1000Research

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8

Pages

862 - 862

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