ABSTRACT

My aim in this paper is to examine the epistemic habits that agents develop through frequent social media usage. I point out that extensive social media usage is conducive to the development of closed-mindedness and unreflective thinking and accordingly argue that social media act as inadvertent educators of epistemic vices. I contend that understanding social media as generators of epistemic dispositions is of significant import to intellectual character education. It shows the urgency of incorporating in educational curricula pedagogical methods that eliminate the bad (disvaluable) epistemic habits that agents acquire through frequent social media usage. I propose character building through problem-solving as an effective educational method for efficiently offsetting such habits. Fostering intellectual virtues through problem-solving safeguards against intellectual vices commonly developed through extensive social media usage. At the same time such an educational approach trains students’ information-seeking abilities.

摘要

我在本文中的目的是研究代理人通过频繁使用社交媒体而形成的认知习惯。我指出，广泛使用社交媒体有利于发展封闭的思想和不反思的思维，因此认为社交媒体会无意中成为认知恶习的教育者。我认为，将社交媒体理解为认知倾向的产生者对于智力品格教育具有重要意义。它显示了在教育课程中纳入教学方法以消除代理人通过频繁使用社交媒体而获得的不良（无价）认知习惯的紧迫性。我建议通过解决问题来塑造性格，作为有效消除这种习惯的有效教育方法。通过解决问题来培养智力美德，防止通过广泛的社交媒体使用而普遍产生的智力恶习。同时，这种教育方法培养了学生的信息搜索能力。