Frances Disagreement

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-7456-8523-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Key Concepts in Philosophy

Regardless of who you are or how you live your life, you disagreewith millions of people on an enormous number of topics frompolitics, religion and morality to sport, culture and art. Unlessyou are delusional, you are aware that a great many of the peoplewho disagree with you are just as smart and thoughtful as you are -in fact, you know that often they are smarter and more informed.But believing someone to be cleverer or more knowledgeable about aparticular topic usually won't change your mind. Shouldit?
This book is devoted to exploring this quandary - what should we dowhen we encounter disagreement, particularly when we believesomeone is more of an authority on a subject than we are? Thequestion is of enormous importance, both in the public arena and inour personal lives. Disagreement over marriages, beliefs,friendships and more causes immense personal strife. People withpolitical power disagree about how to spend enormous amounts ofmoney, about what laws to pass, or about wars to fight. If only wewere better able to resolve our disagreements, we would probablysave millions of lives and prevent millions of others from livingin poverty.
The first full-length text-book on this philosophical topic,Disagreement provides students with the tools they need tounderstand the burgeoning academic literature and its (oftenconflicting) perspectives. Including case studies, sample questionsand chapter summaries, this engaging and accessible book is theperfect starting point for students and anyone interested inthinking about the possibilities and problems of this fundamentalphilosophical debate.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frances, Bryan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Stories
Introduction
Part 1: Basics of Disagreement
1. Genuine vs. Illusory Disagreement
2. Easier Questions about Disagreement
3. Harder Questions about Disagreement
4. Expert Testimony and Higher-Order Evidence
5. Peers, Inferiors, and Superiors
6. Some Results
7. The Peer Rule and the Superior Rule
8. Disagreement over Facts, Values, And Religion
9. Disagreement over Beliefs vs. Actions
10. What We Should Believe vs. What We Actually Believe
11. Response to Disagreement vs. Subsequent Level Of Confidence
12. What It Means To Realize Disagreement
13. The Disagreement Question Refined
14. Disagreement with One vs. Disagreement with Many
15. Some More Results
16. Study Questions and Problems
Part 2: Conciliatory or Steadfast?
1. Introduction
2. Revising the Three Rules Of Thumb
3. Rethinking Judgments about Peers And Superiors
4. More Revision: Confidence Level vs. Evidence Level
5. When You Have No Idea Who is in the Better Position
6. Split Experts
7. Special Case: Religious Belief
8. Some Results
9. Questions on Uniqueness, Independence, and Peerhood
Uniqueness
Independence
Conditional Peers and Superiors
Feldman's Questions
10. Does Disagreement Lead To Skepticism?
11. The Disagreement Question Revisited
12. Study Questions and Problems
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bryan Frances is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University