Political Beliefs - A Philosophical Introduction

This book is about the reasons that people have, and could have, for political beliefs: the evidence they might draw on, the psychological sources of their views, and the question of how we ought to form our political beliefs if we want to be rational.

List of contents

Part I: Preliminaries; 1. What is political?; 2. What are beliefs?; 3. What are political beliefs? What is politicization?; 4. Political conflict and interpreting political disagreement; 5. The politics of verbal disputes; Part II: Theories; 6. Theories of type and personality; 7. Theories of inertia and ideology; 8. Theories of identity, signaling, and partisanship; 9. Theories of positionality, standpoint, and experience; 10. Theories of tunneling and ideational determinism; 11. Minimalist and eliminativist theories; Part III: Sources; 12. Debunking and rationalizing political epistemology; 13. Skepticism from widespread disagreement; 14. Democracy; 15. Decentralization; 16. Expertise; 17. The ethics of belief; 18. The epistemology of liberalism; Part IV: Dynamics; 19. Polarization as sorting; 20. Polarization as extremism; 21. Conspiracy theories; 22. Propaganda, dehumanization, and gullibility; 23. News, narratives, and rumors; 24. Political epistemology and the philosophy of history; Conclusion.

About the author

Oliver Traldi is a John and Daria Barry Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He received a PhD in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame.

Summary

This book is about the reasons that people have, and could have, for political beliefs: the evidence they might draw on, the psychological sources of their views, and the question of how we ought to form our political beliefs if we want to be rational.

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Traldi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032409122
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240912-2
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Ethics and moral philosophy, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Political science and theory, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge