Epistemic Side-Effect Effect: A Meta-Analysis

Autor: Bartosz Maćkiewicz, Katarzyna Kuś, Katarzyna Paprzycka-Hausman, Marta Zaręba
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Episteme. :1-35
ISSN: 1750-0117
1742-3600
Popis: Beebe and Buckwalter (2010) made the surprising discovery that people are more inclined to attribute knowledge when norms are violated than when they are conformed to. The epistemic side-effect effect (ESEE) is the analogue of the Knobe effect (Knobe 2003a). ESEE was replicated in a number of experiments. It was also studied under various conditions. We have carried out a meta-analysis of research on ESEE. The results suggest that ESEE is a robust finding but its magnitude is highly variable. Two study-level covariates influence its size: the subject of the knowledge attribution (agent vs third-party) and the type of norm that is violated or complied with. The effect size is not influenced, however, by the manipulation of chances, by whether the story is about a side effect or not, by language or by question phrasing. The impact of the Gettierization of the story is marginally significant.
Databáze: OpenAIRE