Taking conspiracy theories seriously
Record details
- ISBN: 9781786608284
- ISBN: 1786608308
- ISBN: 9781786608307
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 251 pages)
remote - Publisher: London, United Kingdom ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield International Ltd, [2018]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction / M R.X. Dentith -- Section one: The particularist turn in the philosophy of conspiracy theories -- When inferring to a conspiracy might be the best explanation / M R.X. Dentith -- Conspiracy theory and the perils of pure particularism / Patrick Stokes -- Conspiracy theory particularism, both epistemic and moral, versus generalism / Lee Basham -- What particularism about conspiracy theories entails / M R.X. Dentith -- Section two. Diagnosing conspiracy theory theorists -- The conspiracy theory theorists and their attitude to conspiracy theory / M R.X. Dentith -- The psychologists' conspiracy panic : they seek to cure everyone / Lee Basham and M R.X. Dentith -- Social scientists and pathologizing conspiracy theorizing / Lee Basham -- Governing with feeling : conspiracy theories, contempt, and affective governmentality / Ginna Husting -- Conspiracy theorists and social scientists / Kurtis Hagen -- Clearing up some conceptual confusions about conspiracy theory theorizing / Martin Orr and M R.X. Dentith -- To measure or not to measure? psychometrics and conspiracy theories / Marius Raab -- Anti-rumor campaigns and conspiracy-baiting as propaganda / David Coady -- On some moral costs of conspiracy theory / Patrick Stokes -- Conspiracy theories, deplorables and defectibility : a reply to Patrick Stokes / Charles Pigden -- Taking conspiracy theories seriously and investigating them / M R.X. Dentith. |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 19, 2018). |
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Subject: | Conspiracy theories -- Philosophy REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers |
Genre: | Electronic books. |