Download or read book Epistemic Challenges in a Modern World written by Gunnar Skirbekk and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern world is in crisis, a double crisis, as it were: at the factual level, with various challenges that tend to interact and reinforce each other; and at the epistemic level, where no single science or expertise alone can grasp the complexity of what is going on. In this publication, such basic epistemic challenges are addressed, critically and constructively; and in this perspective, four current cases are discussed and assessed, such as the United Nations Agenda 2030 for sustainable development. On this background, some proposals for epistemic and institutional improvements are considered.