Oliver Traldi

Political Beliefs

A Philosophical Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about the reasons that people have, and could have, for political beliefs: the evidence they might draw on, the psychological sources of their views, and the question of how we ought to form our political beliefs if we want to be rational.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9781032409122
• ISBN-10: 1032409126
• Artikelnr.: 70205148

Autorenporträt

Oliver Traldi is a John and Daria Barry Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He received a PhD in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Preliminaries
1. What is political?
2. What are beliefs?
3. What are political beliefs? What is politicization?
4. Political conflict and interpreting political disagreement
5. The politics of verbal disputes
Part II: Theories
6. Theories of type and personality
7. Theories of inertia and ideology
8. Theories of identity, signaling, and partisanship
9. Theories of positionality, standpoint, and experience
10. Theories of tunneling and ideational determinism
11. Minimalist and eliminativist theories
Part III: Sources
12. Debunking and rationalizing political epistemology
13. Skepticism from widespread disagreement
14. Democracy
15. Decentralization
16. Expertise
17. The ethics of belief
18. The epistemology of liberalism
Part IV: Dynamics
19. Polarization as sorting
20. Polarization as extremism
21. Conspiracy theories
22. Propaganda, dehumanization, and gullibility
23. News, narratives, and rumors
24. Political epistemology and the philosophy of history
Conclusion.

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Part I: Preliminaries; 1. What is political?; 2. What are beliefs?; 3. What are political beliefs? What is politicization?; 4. Political conflict and interpreting political disagreement; 5. The politics of verbal disputes; Part II: Theories; 6. Theories of type and personality; 7. Theories of inertia and ideology; 8. Theories of identity, signaling, and partisanship; 9. Theories of positionality, standpoint, and experience; 10. Theories of tunneling and ideational determinism; 11. Minimalist and eliminativist theories; Part III: Sources; 12. Debunking and rationalizing political epistemology; 13. Skepticism from widespread disagreement; 14. Democracy; 15. Decentralization; 16. Expertise; 17. The ethics of belief; 18. The epistemology of liberalism; Part IV: Dynamics; 19. Polarization as sorting; 20. Polarization as extremism; 21. Conspiracy theories; 22. Propaganda, dehumanization, and gullibility; 23. News, narratives, and rumors; 24. Political epistemology and the philosophy of history; Conclusion.

Rezensionen

"Gives a broad overview of a range of topics, identifies lots of interesting new ideas, questions, and avenues for further research, and contains a wide array of helpful references to follow up. . . . I think this would work well for philosophy majors but also for PPE students or even philosophy courses for political science majors, communication science majors, or public administration majors. Parts of it could also be a great addition to political philosophy classes." --Jeroen de Ridder, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam