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 weà â â re applauding, however, we ourselves often donà â â t think for ourselves. This book argues thatà â â 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 weà â â re applauding, however, we ourselves often donà â â t think for ourselves. This book argues thatà â â 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.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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
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