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Disagreement / edited by Richard Feldman, Ted A. Warfield.

Oxford Scholarship Online: Philosophy Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Feldman, Richard, 1948- editor.
Warfield, Ted A., 1969- Contributor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Knowledge, Theory of.
Verbal self-defense--Philosophy.
Verbal self-defense.
Compromise (Ethics).
Dogmatism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (291 pages)
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Disagreement is common: even informed, intelligent, & generally reasonable people often come to different conclusions when confronted with what seems to be the same evidence. Can the competing conclusions be reasonable? If not, what can we reasonably think about the situation? This book covers the epistemology of disagreement.
Contents:
We're right, they're wrong / Peter van Inwagen
Belief in the face of controversy / Hilary Kornblith
Persistent disagreement / Catherine Z. Elgin
Rational disagreement defended / Earl Conee
You can't trust a philosopher / Richard Fumerton
Peer disagreement and higher-order evidence / Thomas Kelly
How to disagree about how to disagree / Adam Elga
Epistemic relativism and reasonable disagreement / Alvin I. Goldman
The moral evil demons / Ralph Wedgwood
Disputing about taste / Andy Egan.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Sept. 7, 2010).

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