The Limitations of the Open Mind 1st Edition

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0192535331
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎9780192535337
• Author: Jeremy Fantl

When should you engage with difficult arguments against your cherished controversial beliefs? The primary conclusion of this book is that your obligations to engage with counterarguments are more limited than is often thought. In some standard situations, you shouldn’t engage with difficult counterarguments and, if you do, you shouldn’t engage with them open-mindedly. This conclusion runs counter to aspects of the Millian political tradition and political liberalism, as well as what people working in informal logic tend to say about argumentation.

Table contents:

1. Open-Mindedness

2. A Defense of (a Different Kind of) Dogmatism

3. The Epistemic Efficacy of Amateurism

4. Psychic Phenomena and the Existence of God

5. The Obligation to Engage

6. Against Open-Minded Engagement (for Some People)

7. Against Closed-Minded Engagement (in Some Situations)

8. On Inviting Problematic Speakers to Campus

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