Epistemic Benefits of Disagreement

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Epistemic Benefits of Disagreement

Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Philosophy of religion

Author: Kirk Lougheed

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Collection: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics

Language: English

Published by: Springer

Published on: 20th November 2019

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 308 Kb

ISBN: 9783030345037


Overview

This book presents an original discussion and analysis of epistemic peer disagreement. It reviews a wide range of cases from the literature, and extends the definition of epistemic peerhood with respect to the current one, to account for the actual variability found in real-world examples. The book offers a number of arguments supporting the variability in the nature and in the range of disagreements, and outlines the main benefits of disagreement among peers i.e. what the author calls the benefits to inquiry argument.

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