Books

 

Oxford University Press, 2019

This book is about the nature and value of knowledge. The central idea is that we can answer many interesting and difficult philosophical questions by reflecting on the role of epistemic evaluation in human life. I call this approach ‘function-first epistemology’. I use this method to illuminate the nature and value of knowledge, the foundations of epistemic normativity, the epistemology of testimony, and skepticism.


Oxford University Press, 2021

This book is organized around three broad themes: truth and knowledge in politics; epistemic problems for democracy; disagreement and polarization. The contributors provide new and rich insights on topics such as: propaganda and fake news, weaponized skepticism, belief polarization, political disagreement, the epistemic value of democracy, voter ignorance, and identity politics.

Contributors: Elizabeth Anderson, Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij, Jason Brennan, Quassim Cassam, Thomas Christiano, Elizabeth Edenberg, David Estlund, Alexander Guerrero, Michael Hannon, Jennifer Lackey, Michael P. Lynch, Fabienne Peter, Jeroen de Ridder, Regina Rini, Jennifer Steele, Robert B. Talisse, Briana Toole


 
 
Routledge, 2021

Routledge, 2021

This book has 41 chapters that are divided into seven parts:

  1. Politics and truth: historical and contemporary perspectives

  2. Political disagreement and polarization

  3. Fake news, propaganda, and misinformation

  4. Ignorance and irrationality in politics

  5. Epistemic virtues and vices in politics

  6. Democracy and epistemology

  7. Trust, expertise, and doubt.

Within these sections crucial issues and debates are examined, including: post-truth and relativism, echo chambers, political irrationality, virtues and vices in public debate, epistocracy, expertise and trust, as well as the views of Plato, Aristotle, Mòzǐ, Mill, Arendt, and Rawls.

 
 

Political Epistemology: An Introduction

Co-authored with Elise Woodard. Under contract with Routledge.

This book will provide an accessible yet rigorous introduction to political epistemology. It will investigate some of the central topics, questions, and problems in political epistemology, such as: the role of truth in politics, political disagreement, the epistemic value of (and challenges to) democracy, voter ignorance, political irrationality, propaganda and fake news, distrust of experts, and the role of ideal versus non-ideal theory in political epistemology.