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We tend to applaud those who think for themselves: the ever-curious student, for example, or the grownup who does her own research. Even as we're applauding, however, we ourselves often don't think for ourselves. This book argues that's completely OK.
We tend to applaud those who think for themselves: the ever-curious student, for example, or the grownup who does her own research. Even as we're applauding, however, we ourselves often don't think for ourselves. This book argues that's completely OK.
Jonathan Matheson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Florida. His research interests are in epistemology, with a focus on issues concerning disagreement and epistemic autonomy. He has authored The Epistemic Significance of Disagreement (2015) and co-edited The Ethics of Belief: Individual and Social (2014) with Rico Vitz and Epistemic Autonomy (2021) with Kirk Lougheed.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Keeping your House in Order
What is Thinking for Yourself?
Clarifying the Central Conclusion
Looking Ahead
Chapter 2 Believing (Just) Because Others Believe: Epistemic Surrogates
From Individual to Social Epistemology
Believing the Experts & Epistemic Surrogacy
The Wisdom of Crowds
The Upshot
Chapter 3 The Argument from Expertise
Motivating the Argument
Applying the Argument
An Initial Worry: Identifying the Experts
The Upshot
Chapter 4 The Argument from Evidential Swamping
Motivating the Argument
Applying the Argument
The Upshot
Chapter 5 The Autonomy Objection
Motivating the Objection
The Myth of Intellectual Individualism
Autonomy as Intellectual Freedom
Autonomy as Intellectual Virtue
Wrap-Up
Chapter 6 The Free-Rider Objection
Motivating the Objection
The Cognitive Division of Labor
Epistemic Trespassing
The Wisdom of Crowds Again
Wrap-Up
Chapter 7 The Socratic Objection
Motivating the Objection
Normative Questions
No Relevant Experts
The Importance of Getting it Right
Moral Virtue
In Favor of Socratic Deference
Wrap-Up
Chapter 8 The Vulnerability Objection
Motivating the Objection
The Inevitability of Vulnerability
Vulnerability and Checks & Balances
The Importance of Institutions
Wrap-Up
Chapter 9 The Understanding Objection
Motivating the Objection
Understanding Without Thinking for Yourself
Setting the Scope
Epistemic Satisficing
Wrap-Up
Chapter 10 The Intellectual Virtue Objection
Motivating the Objection
Cultivating Intellectual Character Through Deference
Cartesian Epistemology & Social Epistemology
Social Intellectual Virtues
Wrap-Up
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Psychologie |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 240 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781032438252 |
| ISBN-10: | 1032438258 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Matheson, Jonathan |
| Hersteller: |
Taylor & Francis
Routledge |
| Maße: | 201 x 128 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Jonathan Matheson |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 29.09.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,274 kg |
Jonathan Matheson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Florida. His research interests are in epistemology, with a focus on issues concerning disagreement and epistemic autonomy. He has authored The Epistemic Significance of Disagreement (2015) and co-edited The Ethics of Belief: Individual and Social (2014) with Rico Vitz and Epistemic Autonomy (2021) with Kirk Lougheed.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Keeping your House in Order
What is Thinking for Yourself?
Clarifying the Central Conclusion
Looking Ahead
Chapter 2 Believing (Just) Because Others Believe: Epistemic Surrogates
From Individual to Social Epistemology
Believing the Experts & Epistemic Surrogacy
The Wisdom of Crowds
The Upshot
Chapter 3 The Argument from Expertise
Motivating the Argument
Applying the Argument
An Initial Worry: Identifying the Experts
The Upshot
Chapter 4 The Argument from Evidential Swamping
Motivating the Argument
Applying the Argument
The Upshot
Chapter 5 The Autonomy Objection
Motivating the Objection
The Myth of Intellectual Individualism
Autonomy as Intellectual Freedom
Autonomy as Intellectual Virtue
Wrap-Up
Chapter 6 The Free-Rider Objection
Motivating the Objection
The Cognitive Division of Labor
Epistemic Trespassing
The Wisdom of Crowds Again
Wrap-Up
Chapter 7 The Socratic Objection
Motivating the Objection
Normative Questions
No Relevant Experts
The Importance of Getting it Right
Moral Virtue
In Favor of Socratic Deference
Wrap-Up
Chapter 8 The Vulnerability Objection
Motivating the Objection
The Inevitability of Vulnerability
Vulnerability and Checks & Balances
The Importance of Institutions
Wrap-Up
Chapter 9 The Understanding Objection
Motivating the Objection
Understanding Without Thinking for Yourself
Setting the Scope
Epistemic Satisficing
Wrap-Up
Chapter 10 The Intellectual Virtue Objection
Motivating the Objection
Cultivating Intellectual Character Through Deference
Cartesian Epistemology & Social Epistemology
Social Intellectual Virtues
Wrap-Up
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Psychologie |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 240 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781032438252 |
| ISBN-10: | 1032438258 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Matheson, Jonathan |
| Hersteller: |
Taylor & Francis
Routledge |
| Maße: | 201 x 128 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Jonathan Matheson |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 29.09.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,274 kg |
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