1st Edition
Political Humility The Limits of Knowledge in Our Partisan Political Climate
Part 1. 1. Guns and Words; 2. The Testimonial Foundations of Our Political Convictions; 3. The Unreliability of Political Testimony; 4. Hopeful Political Skepticism; 5. Political Humility; Part 2. 6. Testimonial Feedback Loops; 7. Political Beliefs in Contemporary Epistemological Perspective
Biography
Blake Roeber is the Thomas J. and Robert T. Rolfs Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.
"Written in an engaging and accessible style, Roeber’s Political Humility is an excellent example of the valuable contribution that empirically informed epistemology can make to public debate. Roeber convincingly argues that awareness of our unavoidable ignorance of a large proportion of politically relevant facts should not lead us to apathy but to more humble yet more effective political engagement." — Alessandra Tanesini, Cardiff University
“This is a superb book, one that deserves to be read widely by philosophers, political theorists, and social psychologists. Its central claim—that we, all of us, form our political beliefs in unreliable ways—is striking, but Roeber makes his case so carefully and even-handedly that it is hard to resist the conclusion. The writing is a joy to read—clear as a bell, lively, philosophically insightful, and full of interesting examples. It is one of the most important and valuable books I have read in a long time.” — Stephen Grimm, Fordham University
