Why is everyone else wrong? : explorations in truth and reason
Reason Truth Philosophy Political science Reasoning sähkökirjat
Springer
2011
EISBN 9781441978592
Why Is Everyone ElseWrong?; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Is There a Right to Be Wrong?; 3 Can One Be Innocently Wrong?; 4 Is Everyone Always Wrong?; 5 What to Do When Friends, Strangers, or Foes Are Wrong?; 6 Does Science Rule Us All?; 7 Do We Need Philosophy?; 8 Did Socrates Know Nothing?14; 9 Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author.
Especially when there is a lot of political rhetoric in the air, those of us with strong political convictions are inclined to reflect on just why we hold certain views even as others who are basically like us hold very different ones. Social scientists and other thinkers struggle to explain it, but the puzzle remains - in part because they, too, disagree so much with one another. Whether the arena is politics, religion, business, scientific research, or education, individuals who operate in the same environment and experience the same conditions may have radically different interpretations of.
Especially when there is a lot of political rhetoric in the air, those of us with strong political convictions are inclined to reflect on just why we hold certain views even as others who are basically like us hold very different ones. Social scientists and other thinkers struggle to explain it, but the puzzle remains - in part because they, too, disagree so much with one another. Whether the arena is politics, religion, business, scientific research, or education, individuals who operate in the same environment and experience the same conditions may have radically different interpretations of.
