r/college • u/Soft-Extent8861 • 1d ago
"Peer-reviewed" article cites wikipedia?
This supposed peer-reviewed article published in AMAMIHE: Journal of Applied Philosophy, uses a link to wikipedia. Should I trust it?
I already used it in my annotated bibliography and a large part of the structure of my essay depends on it. I could find another article obviously, but it would be a lot more convenient to use this one. Should I just find a new one?
Edit: I decided to use another one just to be safe but for future reference based on the context could we assume its just not a great source to use in academic papers? it is referenced here "According to Gettier it is possible to make a mistake as
knowledge a true belief whose justification is based on epistemic guess or luck
rather than sufficient reasons or good evidence. He maintained that if justified
true belief analysis is to rule out all possible cases of epistemic luck, it needs to
be modified with a forth condition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettier
problem). In essence, Gettier was of the view that, justified true belief alone is
not capable in its sufficiency for accounting for our knowledge claims hence
our justification for believing a particular thing might be false as such cannot be
regarded as the case of knowledge."
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u/No_Jaguar_2570 1d ago
It depends entirely on the context in which it’s being cited. How is the citation used?
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u/hornybutired Assoc Prof of Philosophy 1d ago
As others have said, it depends on the nature of the citation.
However, AMAMIHE: Journal of Applied Philosophy is not the same as Journal of Applied Philosophy. The latter is a pretty well respected journal. The former doesn't really have a footprint in the field. I can't find any information about the editorial board and it appears to have zero impact index. From a scholarship standpoint, you might as well be citing some rando's blog.
If you're an undergrad, it might not matter - the prof might just want to see you out there looking up sources. But idk your specific situation.
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u/apnorton 1d ago
What's the nature of the citation? The reason Wikipedia isn't generally considered a reliable source is because anyone can edit it; however, sometimes a paper might want to reference something's existence on Wikipedia or a "general perceived view" of a topic, for which citing Wikipedia would make sense.
There's also a view in some fields that you should cite whatever you reference, even if you have other, better sources that duplicate the information.