Published by Routledge
Originally published in The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy
Epistemology is the study of knowledge and political philosophy the study of political institutions and values. At their intersection is political epistemology, which we define as the study of knowledge in political contexts specifically. It is a new and rapidly growing field. The purpose of this entry is to offer a very brief introduction to the main topics and debates in this nascent field. We break down the field of political epistemology into three subfields: the micro level, which focuses on the beliefs of individuals in their capacity as participants in politics, the macro level, which focuses on the relationship between political institutions and knowledge, and the meso level, which focuses on intermediate institutions such as social media networks and other online ecosystems.
