Disagreeing despite the data : the destruction of the factual commons /
Drawing on twentieth-century philosophy of science and language, this book identifies three requirements for widespread factual agreement, a pervasive habit of checking assumptions, densely connected communities and projects that straddle those communities. When communities are insulated from each o...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2024].
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| Series: | Collective studies in knowledge and society.
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| Summary: | Drawing on twentieth-century philosophy of science and language, this book identifies three requirements for widespread factual agreement, a pervasive habit of checking assumptions, densely connected communities and projects that straddle those communities. When communities are insulated from each other, belief segregation follows. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 139 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-130) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781666958249 1666958247 |