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Intellectual trust in oneself and others /

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Title/Author:	Intellectual trust in oneself and others // Richard Foley.
remainder title:	Intellectual Trust in Oneself & Others
Author:	Foley, Richard,
Description:	1 online resource (x, 182 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Knowledge, Theory of. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511498923
ISBN:	9780511498923 (ebook)

Intellectual trust in oneself and others /
Foley, Richard,1947-

Intellectual trust in oneself and others /Intellectual Trust in Oneself & OthersRichard Foley. - 1 online resource (x, 182 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in philosophy. - Cambridge studies in philosophy..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Pt. 1. Intellectual Trust in Oneself -- 1. The Importance of Intellectual Self-Trust -- 1. Classical foundationalism and intellectual trust -- 2. Attempts to refute skepticism -- 3. Externalism and the analysis of knowledge -- 4. Epistemology, theology, and natural selection -- 5. Epistemology and the leap of intellectual faith -- 2. Intellectual Self-Trust, Rational Belief, and Invulnerability to Self-Criticism -- 1. Confidence and depth -- 2. Rational belief as invulnerability to self-criticism -- 3. Two thought experiments -- 4. Self-trust and inconsistency -- 5. Rationality and less than ideal outcomes -- 3. Empirical Challenges to Self-Trust -- 1. Studies documenting our tendencies to make errors -- 2. First-person epistemological issues raised by the studies -- 3. Self-monitoring -- 4. The limits of self-monitoring -- 5. The lack of guarantees -- 6. Internal conflict and conflict with others -- Pt. 2. Intellectual Trust in Others and in One's Own Future and Past Self -- 4. Self-Trust and the Authority of Others -- 1. Epistemic egotism and epistemic egoism -- 2. Locke on the authority of others -- 3. The social construction of opinion -- 4. The incoherence of epistemic egotism and egoism -- 5. Intellectual conflict with others -- 6. Anonymous reconsidered -- 7. Egalitarianism and expert opinion -- 8. Individualism and autonomy -- 5. Past Opinion and Current Opinion -- 1. The diary problem -- 2. Three theses about past opinion -- 3. An attempt to motivate the credibility thesis -- 4. The incoherence of not trusting past opinion -- 5. Differences in the credibility of past opinions -- 6. The priority thesis and the special reason thesis -- 7. Radical conflicts with one's own past opinions -- 8. Past opinions and the opinions of others -- 6. Future Opinion and Current Opinion -- 1. Epistemic Ulysses problems -- 2. Trust in future opinion -- 3. Reasons for believing that I will believe P -- 4. Conflicts between current and future opinions -- 5. Future opinions and current deliberations -- 6. Self-trust radiates outward.

To what degree should we rely on our own resources and methods to form opinions about important matters? To what degree should we depend on various authorities, such as a recognized expert or a social tradition? In this provocative account of intellectual trust and authority, Richard Foley argues that it can be reasonable to have intellectual trust in oneself even though it is not possible to provide a defence of the reliability of one's faculties, methods and opinions that does not beg the question. Moreover, he shows how this account of intellectual self-trust can be used to understand the degree to which it is reasonable to rely on alternative authorities. This book will be of interest to advanced students and professionals working in the fields of philosophy and the social sciences as well as anyone looking for a unified account of the issues at the centre of intellectual trust.

ISBN: 9780511498923 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

554789
Knowledge, Theory of.

LC Class. No.: BD161 / .F565 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 121/.6

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