<P>Edited by an international team of leading scholars, <I>The Routledge Handbook of Social Epistemology</I> is the first major reference work devoted to this growing field. The <I>Handbook</I>''s 46 chapters, all appearing in print here for the first time, and written by philosophers and social theorists from around the world, are organized into eight main parts:</P><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><UL><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Historical Backgrounds</LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>The Epistemology of Testimony</LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Disagreement, Diversity, and Relativism</LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Science and Social Epistemology</LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>The Epistemology of Groups</LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Feminist Epistemology</LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>The Epistemology of Democracy</LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Further Horizons for Social Epis