Epistemology of disagreement : new essays / edited by David Christensen & Jennifer Lackey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Christensen, David Phiroze, 1955- editor.

Lackey, Jennifer, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Verbal self-defense--Philosophy.

Verbal self-defense.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Dogmatism--Philosophy.

Dogmatism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 272 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

New essays

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a collective study of the epistemic significance of disagreement: 12 contributors explore rival responses to the problems that it raises for philosophy. They develop our understanding of epistemic phenomena that are central to any thoughtful engagement with others' beliefs.

Contents:

Disagreement without transparency : some bleak thoughts / John Hawthorne and Amia Srinivasan

Disagreement and the burdens of judgment / Thomas Kelly

Disagreements, philosophical, and otherwise / Brian Weatherson

Epistemic modesty defended / David Christensen

A defense of the (almost) equal weight view / Stewart Cohen

Philosophical renegades / Bryan Frances

Disagreement, defeat, and assertion / Sanford Goldberg

Can there be a discipline of philosophy? And can it be founded on intuitions? / Ernest Sosa

Cognitive disparities : dimensions of intellectual diversity and the resolution of disagreements / Robert Audi

Perspectivalism and reflective ascent / Jonathan L. Kvanig

Disagreement and belief dependence : why numbers matter / Jennifer Lackey.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 29, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-874811-6

1-299-48619-3

0-19-166373-5

OCLC:

841240408