Polarisation, arrogance, and dogmatism : philosophical perspectives /

Polarization, intransigence and dogmatism in political and moral debate have in recent years threatened to overwhelm many western-style democracies, where for centuries reasoned argument has been a hallmark feature of tackling disagreement. For many people, this marks a worrying deterioration in the...

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Other Authors: Tanesini, Alessandra (Editor), Lynch, Michael P. (Michael Patrick), 1966- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, [2021]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Alessandra Tanesini and Michael P. Lynch
  • Reassessing different conceptions of argumentation / Catarina Dutilh Novaes
  • Martial metaphors and argumentative virtues and vices / Ian James Kidd
  • Arrogance and deep disagreement / Andrew Aberdein
  • Closed-mindedness and arrogance / Heather Battaly
  • Intellectual trust and the marketplace of ideas / Allan Hazlett
  • Is searching the Internet making us intellectually arrogant? / J. Adam Carter and Emma C. Gordon
  • Intellectual humility and the curse of knowledge / Michael Hannon
  • Bullshit and dogmatism : a discourse analytical perspective / Chris Heffer
  • Polarization and the problem of spreading arrogance / Michael P. Lynch
  • Arrogance, polarization and arguing to win / Alessandra Tanesini
  • Partisanship, humility, and epistemic polarization / Thomas Nadelhoffer, Rose Graves, Gus Skorburg, Mark Leary, and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
  • Science denial, polarization, and arrogance / Lee McIntyre
  • The polarization toolkit / Quassim Cassam
  • Epistemic rights in a polarized world : the right to know and the abortion / Debate Lani Watson.