TY - BOOK ID - 78531149 TI - Knowing our limits PY - 2019 SN - 9780190847289 9780190847296 9780190847302 9780190847319 019084728X 019084728X PB - New York, N.Y. Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Prejudices KW - Knowledge, Theory of UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78531149 AB - Changing our minds isn't easy. Even when we recognize our views are disputed by intelligent and informed people, we rarely doubt our rightness. Why is this so? How can we become more open-minded, putting ourselves in a better position to tolerate conflict, advance collective inquiry, and learn from differing perspectives in a complex world?0Nathan Ballantyne defends the indispensable role of epistemology in tackling these issues. For early modern philosophers, the point of reflecting on inquiry was to understand how our beliefs are often distorted by prejudice and self-interest, and to improve the foundations of human knowledge. Ballantyne seeks to recover and modernize this classical tradition by vigorously defending an interdisciplinary approach to epistemology, blending philosophical theorizing with insights from the social and cognitive sciences.0Many of us need tools to help us think more circumspectly about our controversial views. Ballantyne develops a method for distinguishing between our reasonable and unreasonable opinions, in light of evidence about bias, information overload, and rival experts. This method guides us to greater intellectual openness-in the spirit of skeptics from Socrates to Montaigne to Bertrand Russell-making us more inclined to admit that sometimes we don't have the right answers. With vibrant prose and fascinating examples from science and history, Ballantyne shows how epistemology can help us know our limits ER -