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A Companion to Applied Philosophy.

Applied philosophy has been a growing area of research for the last 40 years. Until now, however, almost all of this research has been centered around the field of ethics. A Companion to Applied Philosophy breaks new ground, demonstrating that all areasof philosophy, including epistemology, metaphys...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper
Otros Autores: Brownlee, Kimberley, Coady, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : Wiley, 2016.
Colección:Blackwell companions to philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes onÈContributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I Introductory Articles; Chapter 1 The Nature of Applied Philosophy; Introduction; The Relevance Conception; The Specificity Conception; The Practical Conception; The Activist Conception; The Methodology Conception; The Empirical Facts Conception; The Audience Conception; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2 The Methodology of Applied Philosophy ; Introduction: What Is Applied Philosophy?; The Top-Down Model ; Bottom-Up Models ; Thought Experiments; Expertise.
  • Concluding ThoughtsReferences; Further Reading; Chapter 3 The Value of Applied Philosophy ; Differing Views andÈDifferent Modes; Key Considerations andÄssumptions; Dual Points ofÈReference; Challenges andÈTensions; How Should Applied Philosophy BeÈPractically Relevant?; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Further Reading; Part II Epistemology; Chapter 4 Applied Epistemology ; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 5 Gender and Feminist Epistemology ; Feminist Philosophy asÄctivist: Doing Philosophy asäÈFeminist; Activist Feminist Epistemology: Changing Focus.
  • Situated Knowers andÈFeminist Standpoint EpistemologyFeminist Epistemologies ofÈScience; Redefining Objectivity; Testimonial Injustice, Ignorance, andÄttention toÈParticulars; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Further Reading; Chapter 6 The Epistemology of Deliberative Democracy ; Introduction; The Deliberative Conception ofÈDemocracy; Instrumental Arguments forÈDeliberative Democracy; Instrumental Arguments against Deliberative Democracy; Non-instrumental Arguments for Deliberative Democracy ; Non-instrumental Arguments against Deliberative Democracy ; Concluding Remarks.
  • Chapter 7 Information Markets What Are Information Markets?; Information Markets andËxpertise; Some Problems (and Solutions); Information Markets andÄpplied Social Epistemology:ÈThreeÄpplications; Conclusion; References; Further Reading; Chapter 8 Epistemology for (Real) People ; Normativity; Belief Theories andÈReasoning Theories; How toËvaluate Reasoning; Diagnostic Reasoning; Consilience andÈMongrel Epistemology; Conclusion; References; Further Reading; Chapter 9 Are Conspiracy Theorists Epistemically Vicious? ; Introduction; Vice, Virtue, andẗheÏntellect.
  • Conspiracies, Elites, andẗheÖpen SocietyOn the Vices of Anti-Conspiracism ; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 10 Experts in the Climate Change Debate ; Introduction; Expertise: Variations andËquivocations; Trust (and Its Exploitation) inÈClimate Debates; Climate Consensus andÈCredibility; Going Forward; References; Further Reading; Chapter 11 Freedom of Expression, Diversity, and Truth ; Deliberation andÈDiversity; Diversity andẗheÏnvisible Hand; Promoting Compliance withẗheÈNorms ofÈDeliberation; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgment; References; Further Reading.