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| Author/Contributor(s): |
Foley, Richard ; Richard, Foley
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| Publisher: |
Cambridge University Press
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| Date: |
08/20/2007
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| Binding: |
Paperback
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| Condition: |
NEW
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To what degree should we rely on our own resources and methods to form opinions about important matters? To what degree should we depend on various authorities, such as a recognized expert or a social tradition? In this novel and provocative account of intellectual trust and authority, Richard Foley argues that it can be reasonable to have intellectual trust in oneself even though it is not possible to provide a defense of the reliability of one's faculties, methods, and opinions that does not beg the question.
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