The Epistemology of Conversation: First Essays
Waldomiro J. Silva-Filho
Nov 2024 · Philosophical Studies Series Book 156 · Springer Nature
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This edited volume presents an innovative perspective on conversation and is the first book to deal with the epistemic aspects of conversation or dialogue. "Conversation" has been a recurring subject in various fields of philosophy, such as moral philosophy, pragmatics, and the philosophy of language. This text assumes conversation as a joint agency and explores when participants assume common purposes, commit to contributing relevant statements, and face the challenges of confronting interlocutors. It investigates whether the norm of conversation can be reduced to the interaction between speaker and audience, where the speaker must speak the truth and the audience must understand this intention. This volume explores the epistemology of testimony and addresses the motivations for starting a conversation, which can include legitimate disagreements, as well as curiosities about the interlocutor's beliefs and shared doubts. This text contributes to understanding epistemic dynamics in contemporary liberal democracies, such as polarization, disintegration of epistemic communities, silencing, and epistemic injustices. It appeals to students and researchers.
About the author
Waldomiro J. Silva-Filho is Full Professor of Philosophy at the Federal University of Bahia and a Research Fellow at Brazil's National Research Council. He was visiting professor at the Universität zu Köln (2017 and 2019, Germany), MIT (USA, 2015-2016), and Harvard University (USA, 2009-2010). He has published and organized, among others, the following books: Looking for Reasons (2022), Why Philosophy Matters to Democracy (2019), Thinking about Onself (2019). He was President of the Brazilian Society for Analytical Philosophy (2016-2018).
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