Trust : a philosophical study / Thomas W. Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson, Thomas W., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trust.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Thomas W. Simpson addresses the fundamental question: why should I trust? He argues that social norms of trustworthiness resolve a tension between the thought that our trust should be based on the evidence you have for someone's trustworthiness, and the thought that someone's word is normally enough to settle for you whether you should trust them.

Contents:

Intro

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication page

Contents

Preface

1. The Value of Trust

1.1 Instrumental Value

1.2 Interpersonal Value

1.3 Dilemmas of Trust

1.4 Cognitivism about Trust

1.5 Non-Cognitivism about Trust

1.6 The Pluralist Challenge

1.7 Axiology First

1.8 Is this Conceptual Engineering?

2. Trust and Evidence

2.1 The Evidentialist Constraint

2.2 When Trust Follows the Evidence

2.3 Evidence-constrained Trust and Practical Reasoning

2.4 Evidence for Trustworthiness

2.5 Is Antarctic Resupply Robust?

2.6 Is Trust Compatible with Gathering Evidence?

3. The Virtue of Trustworthiness

3.1 Trustworthiness as Encapsulated Interest

3.2 Reputation Depends on Patterns of Normative Judgment

3.3 Trustworthiness is a Virtue

3.4 Is the Virtue of Trustworthiness Feasible?

3.5 The Virtue of Trustworthiness Helps Trust to Spread

3.6 Learning about the Virtue of Trustworthiness from Testimony

3.7 Learning about the Virtue of Trustworthiness from Institutional Membership

3.8 How Explanatory is the Virtue of Trustworthiness?

4. Assurance and Trust

4.1 The Problem of Disharmony

4.2 Delimiting the Reasons for Trust

4.3 Following all the Evidence

4.4 Two Systems

5. Trust is Normal

5.1 Second-Personal Attitudes and Norms of Trustworthiness

5.2 Trusting a Speaker is Normal

5.3 Developing the Account

5.4 Trust Normally Follows the Evidence

5.5 Evidence-following Trust Realises Interpersonal Value

6. Cultures of Trust

6.1 Ideational Content Required for a Culture of Trust

6.2 Ideational Legitimacy Required for a Culture of Trust

6.3 Proleptic Effects of a Norm of Trustworthiness

6.4 Egoism as a Solvent of Trust

7. Trust in God

7.1 Trusting In

7.2 Implications of Trusting In

7.3 Trust in God.

7.4 Trust in God Normally Requires Belief

7.5 Uncertainty about Divine Authorship

7.6 The Importance of Recognition in John's Gospel

References

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 15, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Simpson, Thomas W. Trust

ISBN:

0-19-188950-4

0-19-259791-4

0-19-259792-2

OCLC:

1393656774