Introduction

Abstract

The frontier of contemporary epistemology is dynamic. Shifting from purely conceptual analysis, the theory of individual knowledge , belief and justification now includes an increasing amount of formal work, utilizing either logic or probabilities . Epistemology has also moved to questions regarding information change, its flow among groups , and its place within interaction , whereas for a long time it was centered mainly on the question of individual knowledge and its acquisition in a static environment. Epistemology is thus expanding beyond the conceptual analysis of justified true belief , allowing for a broad and formal philosophical inquiry into the notion of information and how it is acquired, changed, passed on, and aggregated. By doing so it provides new insights and methods relevant not only to the theory of knowledge but also for our understanding of interaction , obligations , and scientific discovery.