Beliefs that explain significant events or phenomena as the result of secret plots by powerful agents, studied philosophically for their epistemic and social dimensions.
Raises questions about the epistemology of testimony, proportionality of belief to evidence, social dimensions of knowledge, and the conditions under which conspiratorial explanations are warranted — distinguished from mere conspiracism by evidential norms.
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