Don't be fooled : a philosophy of common sense

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書誌事項

Don't be fooled : a philosophy of common sense

Jan Bransen ; translated by Fulco Teunissen and Kate Kirwin

Routledge, 2017

  • : hbk

タイトル別名

Laat je niets wijsmaken : over de macht van experts en de kracht van gezond verstand

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-187) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

In the debate leading up to the EU referendum in the United Kingdom, the British politician Michael Gove declared that "people in this country have had enough of experts". In the 2016 Presidential campaign in the United States, Donald Trump waged a war against the very idea of expertise. Yet if you are worried about your child's behaviour, don't know which laptop to buy, or just want to get fit, the answer is easy: ask an expert. Where do we draw the line? Why do we appear to know more and more collectively, yet less and less individually? Has expertise painted itself into a corner? Can we defend both science and common sense? In this engaging and much-needed book Jan Bransen explores these important questions and more. He argues that the rise of behavioural sciences has caused a sea change in the relationship between science and common sense. He shows how - as recently as the 1960s - common sense and science were allies in the battle against ignorance, but that since then populism and chauvinism have claimed common sense as their own. Bransen argues that common sense is a collection of interrelated skills that draw on both an automatic pilot and an investigative attitude where we ask ourselves the right questions. It is the very attitude of open-minded inquiry and questioning that Bransen believes we are at risk of losing in the face of an army of experts. Drawing on fascinating examples such as language and communication, money, the imaginary world of Endoxa, domestic violence, and quality of life, Don't be Fooled: A Philosophy of Common Sense is a brilliant and wry defence of a skill that is a vital part of being human.

目次

Introduction: How words liberate and captivate people Part 1: Living with common sense 1. Humaning on Endoxa 2. Expectations between hope and prediction 3. Understandable, efficient and good behaviour 4. Trust and accommodation 5. Dealing with grey Part 2: Living with expertise 7. Waking up without science 8. Understanding without objectivity 9. Satisfaction without policies 10. Responsibility without expert witnesses Epilogue. Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB27715533
  • ISBN
    • 9781138716735
  • LCCN
    2016053633
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 原本言語コード
    dut
  • 出版地
    London
  • ページ数/冊数
    xii, 190 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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