Jamie Carlin Watson

Winning Votes by Abusing Reason

Responsible Belief and Political Rhetoric

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Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that neither deliberative democracy nor paternalism is a plausible solution to what is call the problem of political rhetoric. Further, the problem, while contingent, is likely to be intractable; thus, the response should not be to attempt more political solutions, but to adopt individual principles of epistemic caution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9781498516426
• ISBN-10: 1498516424
• Artikelnr.: 45796382

Autorenporträt

Jamie Carlin Watson is assistant professor of philosophy at Broward College.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Introduction Part 1: Rhetorical Strategy and Responsible Belief
Chapter 1. Social Epistemology and Political Rhetoric Chapter 2. Learning
from Politicians Part 2: The Problem of Political Rhetoric Chapter 3. User
Error: Common Fallacies in Political Rhetoric Chapter 4. Hardware Glitches:
Cognitive Biases and Heuristics in Politics Chapter 5. System Failure:
Social Biases Chapter 6. Political and Moral Expertise Part 3: Forming
Responsible Political Beliefs Chapter 7. Knowing and Voting: Democratic
Solutions Chapter 8. Nudges and Shoves: Paternalistic Solutions Chapter 9.
Epistemic Virtue and Individual Responsibility Bibliography About the
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