Mona Simion

Resistance to Evidence

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Produktbeschreibung

"Explores the phenomenon of distrusting evidence coming from reliable sources with current examples including climate change and vaccine scepticism. The book argues that evidence resistance relates to a type of cognitive malfunction and distinguishes it from justified evidence rejection occurring in environments polluted with disinformation"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9781009298520
• ISBN-10: 1009298526
• Artikelnr.: 69075750

Autorenporträt

Mona Simion is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the COGITO Epistemology Research Centre at the University of Glasgow. Her publications include Sharing Knowledge (Cambridge, 2021) and Shifty Speech and Independent Thought (2021).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Epistemology and Psychology of Resistance to Evidence: 1. Resistance to evidence: triggers and epistemic status
2. Evidence one has and the impermissibility of resistance
3. Evidence you should have had and resistance
4. Permissible suspension and evidence resistance
5. Resistance to evidence, epistemic responsibility, and epistemic vice
Part II. Resistance to Evidence and Epistemic Proper Function: 6. Resistance to evidence as epistemic malfunction
7. Evidence as knowledge indicators
8. Defeaters as ignorance indicators
9. Permissible suspensions and permissible withholdings
Part III. Theoretical Upshots: 10. Epistemic oughts and epistemic dilemmas
11. Scepticism as resistance to evidence
12. Knowledge and disinformation
Concluding remarks: the way forward in policy and practice
Bibliography
Index.