How Do You Know?
"An excellent and engaging introduction to epistemology, with a special focus on issues in social epistemology that are very relevant in today’s world. An accessible guide to practical epistemological questions about which experts you should trust, the pervasiveness of bias in oneself and others, the proliferation of misinformation on the internet, and how you should respond when lots of people disagree with you. Highly recommended."
—James Beebee, State University of New York at Buffalo
This book explores problems of knowledge that arise in everyday life. If you are not an expert, how can you know that another person is an expert? If experts are politically biased should you still trust them? More generally, how should you approach the testimony of other people: treat it all as "innocent until proven guilty," or is that too simple? Does the internet make us better knowers, or is it just a minefield of misinformation? Is it always irrational to believe a conspiracy theory? Suppose someone just as intelligent and well-informed as you are disagrees with you about something, how should that affect your belief? Can we have knowledge of what is right and wrong? HOW DO YOU KNOW? approaches these issues through the lens of social epistemology and via the pre-eminently social genre of philosophical dialogue. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781624669910
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
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"An excellent and engaging introduction to epistemology, with a special focus on issues in social epistemology that are very relevant in today’s world. An accessible guide to practical epistemological questions about which experts you should trust, the pervasiveness of bias in oneself and others, the proliferation of misinformation on the internet, and how you should respond when lots of people disagree with you. Highly recommended."
—James Beebee, State University of New York at Buffalo
"How Do You Know? is an accessible and engaging foray into the growing field of applied epistemology, and a welcome resource for students or anyone else coming to these issues for the first time."
—David Coady, University of Tasmania