Description: What to Believe Now: Applying Epistemology To Contemporary Issues 1970's Society. Used, Some Markings, Good Condition Free Shipping What can we know and what should we believe about today's world? What to Believe Now: Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues applies the concerns and techniques of epistemology to a wide variety of contemporary issues. Questions about what we can know-and what we should believe-are first addressed through an explicit consideration of the practicalities of working these issues out at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Coady calls for an 'applied turn' in epistemology, a process he likens to the applied turn that transformed the study of ethics in the early 1970s. Subjects dealt with include: Experts-how can we recognize them? And when should we trust them? Rumors-should they ever be believed? And can they, in fact, be a source of knowledge? Conspiracy theories-when, if ever, should they be believed, and can they be known to be true? The blogosphere-how does it compare with traditional media as a source of knowledge and justified belief? Timely, thought provoking, and controversial, What to Believe Now offers a wealth of insights into a branch of philosophy of growing importance-and increasing relevance-in the twenty-first century.
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Series: 1
Book Title: What to Believe Now
ISBN-13: 9781405199940
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education, High School, Vocational School
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Technical
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Name: What to Believe Now : Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues
Language: English
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: Epistemology, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Author: David Coady
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Philosophy
Item Width: 6.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
