BOOKS
Political Epistemology: An Introduction
Routledge, May 1 2025
This book provides an accessible yet rigorous introduction to political epistemology. It investigates some of the central topics, questions, and problems in political epistemology, such as: the role of truth in politics, the epistemology of political disagreement, voter ignorance and irrationality, distrust of experts, the epistemic value of democracy, and epistocracy.
1. Truth and Politics
2. Epistemic Democracy
3. Epistemic Democracy Reconsidered
4. Political Ignorance
5. Irrationality and Bias
6. Political Belief
7. Political Disagreement
8. Polarization and Partisanship
9. Trust and Expertise
10. Rethinking Democracy
Political Epistemology
Oxford University Press, 2021
This book explores the ways in which the analytic and conceptual tools of epistemology bear on political philosophy, and vice versa. It is organized around three broad themes: truth and knowledge in politics; epistemic problems for democracy; and disagreement and polarization. The contributors provide new and rich insights on topics such as: propaganda, fake news, weaponized skepticism, belief polarization, political disagreement, the epistemic value of democracy, voter ignorance, irrationality in politics, and identity politics.
Contributors:
Elizabeth Anderson, Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij, Jason Brennan, Quassim Cassam, Thomas Christiano, Elizabeth Edenberg, David Estlund, Alexander Guerrero, Michael Hannon, Jennifer Lackey, Michael P. Lynch, Fabienne Peter, Jeroen de Ridder, Regina Rini, Jennifer Steele, Robert B. Talisse, Briana Toole
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The Routledge Handbook of Political Epistemology
Routledge, 2021
The Routledge Handbook of Political Epistemology has 41 chapters by an international team of contributors, it is divided into seven parts:
Politics and truth: historical and contemporary perspectives
Political disagreement and polarization
Fake news, propaganda, and misinformation
Ignorance and irrationality in politics
Epistemic virtues and vices in politics
Democracy and epistemology
Trust, expertise, and doubt.
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