Disagreement

Filled full of interesting examples of disagreement taken from daily life Covers every key position in the debate over disagreemant Avoids jargon and explains complex philosophical questions in a witty and accessible manner Includes helpful pedagogical features such as study questions and case studies.

About the author

Bryan Frances is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University

Summary

Regardless of who you are or how you live your life, you disagree with millions of people on an enormous number of topics from politics, religion and morality to sport, culture and art.

Report

"A fine introduction to the issues surrounding disagreement, this text will engage students with its lively prose and lucid thought."
Ernest Sosa, Rutgers University
 
"Frances's commitment to working with realistic examples makes for a kind of contact with everyday intellectual life that can seem missing in much of the professional literature on disagreement. Although the book is designed for students, it also gave me new things to think about."
David Christensen, Brown University

Product details

• Authors: Frances Bryan, Bryan Frances, B Frances
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 11.07.2014
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)
• EAN: 9780745672274
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-7227-4
• Pages: 224
• Series: Key Concepts in Philosophy; Key Concepts in Philosophy
• Subjects: Ethik, Erkenntnistheorie, Philosophie, Ethics, Philosophy, Epistemology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, epistemology, disagreement, philosophy, ethics, belief, doubt, agreement, consensus