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The Philosophy of Trust
Trust is central to our social lives. We know by trusting what others tell us. We act on that basis, and on the basis of trust in their promises and implicit commitments. So trust underpins both epistemic and practical cooperation and is key to philosophical debates on the conditions of its possibility. It is difficult to overstate the significance of these issues. On the practical side, discussions of cooperation address what makes society possible-of how it is that life is not a Hobbesian war of all against all. On the epistemic side, discussions of cooperation address what makes the pooling of knowledge possible-and so the edifice that is science. But trust is not merely central to our lives instrumentally; trusting relations are themselves of great value, and in trusting others, we realise distinctive forms of value. What are these forms of value, and how is trust central to our lives? These questions are explored and developed in this volume, which collects fifteen new essays on the philosophy of trust. They develop and extend existing philosophical discussion of trust and will provide a reference point for future work on trust.
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The Philosophy of Trust
Trust is central to our social lives. We know by trusting what others tell us. We act on that basis, and on the basis of trust in their promises and implicit commitments. So trust underpins both epistemic and practical cooperation and is key to philosophical debates on the conditions of its possibility. It is difficult to overstate the significance of these issues. On the practical side, discussions of cooperation address what makes society possible-of how it is that life is not a Hobbesian war of all against all. On the epistemic side, discussions of cooperation address what makes the pooling of knowledge possible-and so the edifice that is science. But trust is not merely central to our lives instrumentally; trusting relations are themselves of great value, and in trusting others, we realise distinctive forms of value. What are these forms of value, and how is trust central to our lives? These questions are explored and developed in this volume, which collects fifteen new essays on the philosophy of trust. They develop and extend existing philosophical discussion of trust and will provide a reference point for future work on trust.
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Trust is central to our social lives. We know by trusting what others tell us. We act on that basis, and on the basis of trust in their promises and implicit commitments. So trust underpins both epistemic and practical cooperation and is key to philosophical debates on the conditions of its possibility. It is difficult to overstate the significance of these issues. On the practical side, discussions of cooperation address what makes society possible-of how it is that life is not a Hobbesian war of all against all. On the epistemic side, discussions of cooperation address what makes the pooling of knowledge possible-and so the edifice that is science. But trust is not merely central to our lives instrumentally; trusting relations are themselves of great value, and in trusting others, we realise distinctive forms of value. What are these forms of value, and how is trust central to our lives? These questions are explored and developed in this volume, which collects fifteen new essays on the philosophy of trust. They develop and extend existing philosophical discussion of trust and will provide a reference point for future work on trust.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780191046483
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 02/23/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
File size: 768 KB

About the Author

Paul Faulkner is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. The focus of his research is the epistemology of testimony and he is the author of Knowledge on Trust (Oxford University Press) Tom Simpson is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, and Senior Research Fellow, Wadham College, University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Peter Faulkner and Thomas Simpson
2. The Empowering Theory of Trust, Victoria McGeer and Philip Pettit
3. Trust as a Second-Personal Attitude (of the Heart), Stephen Darwell
4. On the Risks of Resting Assured: An Assurance Theory of Trust, Edwardas S. Hinchman
5. Betraying Trust, Colin O'Neil
6. "But I was counting on you!", Karen Jones
7. The Problem of Trust, Peter Faulkner
8. Trust and Collective Agency, Bernd Lahno
9. Trust as a Two-Place Relationship, Jacopo Domenicucci and Richard Holton
10. Deciding on Trust, Benjamin McMyler
11. Trust and Evidence, Thomas Simpson
12. Being Pragmatic about Trust, Philip J. Nickel
13. Trusting a Promise and Other Things, David Owens
14. Trustworthu Groups and Organisations, Katherine Hawley
15. Faith in Kant, Guy Longworth
16. 'Trust is Basic' : Logstrup on the Priority of Trust, Robert Stern
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Major Branches of Philosophical Study
Epistemology (Theory of Knowledge)
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