Why it's OK not to think for yourself. (2023)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Why it's OK not to think for yourself. (2023)
- Main Title:
- Why it's OK not to think for yourself
- Further Information:
- Note: Jonathan Matheson.
- Authors:
- Matheson, Jonathan
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction Keeping your House in Order What is Thinking for Yourself? Clarifying the Central Conclusion Looking Ahead Chapter 1 Believing (Just) Because Other People Do From Individual to Social Epistemology Believing the Experts and Epistemic Surrogacy The Wisdom of Crowds The Upshot Chapter 2 The Argument from Expertise Motivating the Argument Applying the Argument An Initial Worry: Identifying the Experts The Upshot Chapter 3 The Argument from Evidential Swamping Motivating the Argument Applying the Argument The Upshot Chapter 4 The Autonomy Objection Motivating the Objection The Myth of Intellectual Individualism Autonomy as Intellectual Freedom Autonomy as Intellectual Virtue The Upshot Chapter 5 The Free-Rider Objection Motivating the Objection The Cognitive Division of Labor Epistemic Trespassing The Wisdom of Crowds Again The Upshot Chapter 6 The Socratic Objection Motivating the Objection Normative Questions No Relevant Experts The Importance of Getting it Right Moral Virtue In Favor of Socratic Deference The Upshot Chapter 7 The Vulnerability Objection Motivating the Objection The Inevitability of Vulnerability Vulnerability and Checks & Balances The Importance of Institutions The Upshot Chapter 8 The Understanding Objection Motivating the Objection Understanding Without Thinking for Yourself Setting the Scope Epistemic Satisficing The Upshot Chapter 9 The Intellectual Virtue Objection Motivating the Objection Cultivating Intellectual Character ThroughChapter 1 Introduction Keeping your House in Order What is Thinking for Yourself? Clarifying the Central Conclusion Looking Ahead Chapter 1 Believing (Just) Because Other People Do From Individual to Social Epistemology Believing the Experts and Epistemic Surrogacy The Wisdom of Crowds The Upshot Chapter 2 The Argument from Expertise Motivating the Argument Applying the Argument An Initial Worry: Identifying the Experts The Upshot Chapter 3 The Argument from Evidential Swamping Motivating the Argument Applying the Argument The Upshot Chapter 4 The Autonomy Objection Motivating the Objection The Myth of Intellectual Individualism Autonomy as Intellectual Freedom Autonomy as Intellectual Virtue The Upshot Chapter 5 The Free-Rider Objection Motivating the Objection The Cognitive Division of Labor Epistemic Trespassing The Wisdom of Crowds Again The Upshot Chapter 6 The Socratic Objection Motivating the Objection Normative Questions No Relevant Experts The Importance of Getting it Right Moral Virtue In Favor of Socratic Deference The Upshot Chapter 7 The Vulnerability Objection Motivating the Objection The Inevitability of Vulnerability Vulnerability and Checks & Balances The Importance of Institutions The Upshot Chapter 8 The Understanding Objection Motivating the Objection Understanding Without Thinking for Yourself Setting the Scope Epistemic Satisficing The Upshot Chapter 9 The Intellectual Virtue Objection Motivating the Objection Cultivating Intellectual Character Through Deference Cartesian Epistemology and Social Epistemology Social Intellectual Virtues The upshot … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2023
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (262 pages)
- Subjects:
- 153.42
Thought and thinking - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000924398
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