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How Should We Rationally Deal with Ignorance?: A Philosophical Study book cover

1st Edition

How Should We Rationally Deal with Ignorance? A Philosophical Study

By Nadja El Kassar Copyright 2025
270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge
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This book addresses two questions that are highly relevant for epistemology and for society: What is ignorance and how should we rationally deal with it? It proposes a new way of thinking about ignorance based on contemporary and historical philosophical theories. In the first part of the book, the author shows that epistemological definitions of ignorance are quite heterogeneous and often... Read more

1. Introduction

Part 1: What Is Ignorance?

2. The Framework I

3. Conceptions of Ignorance

4. Facets of Ignorance

5. Causes of Ignorance

Part 2: Rationally Dealing with Ignorance

6. The Framework II

7. Virtue-Theoretical Answers

8. Consequentialist Answers

9. Deontological Answers

10. The Maxim-Based Answer

Part 3: Applications

11. Ignorance in Democracies

12. Ignorance and Uncertainty in Medical Contexts

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Biography

Nadja El Kassar is Professor of Philosophy, with a focus on theoretical philosophy, at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland. Her research interests include social and feminist epistemology, philosophy of perception, and philosophy of mind. Recently she has published articles on ignorance, epistemic injustice, and intellectual self-trust.

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