This book presents an original discussion and analysis of epistemic peer disagreement. It reviews a wide range of cases from the literature, and extends the definition of epistemic peerhood with respect to the current one, to account for the actual variability found in real-world examples. The book offers a number of arguments supporting the variability in the nature and in the range of disagreements, and outlines the main benefits of disagreement among peers i.e. what the author calls the benefits to inquiry argument.

Discusses the variability in the nature and in the range of disagreements among peers Offers a broader definition of epistemic peerhood that can accommodate cases of real-life worldview disagreement Defends the idea that there are epistemic benefits to remaining steadfast in the face of disagreement within the context of inquiry Answers a number of objections to the benefits to inquiry argument

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Kirk Lougheed is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has published over 20 articles in the philosophy of religion and epistemology. He is editor of Four Views on the Axiology of Theism: What Difference Does God Make? (2020) and author of The Epistemic Benefits of Disagreement (2020).

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Epistemology of Disagreement.- Chapter 2: An Analysis of Ideal Cases of Disagreement.- Chapter 3: An Analysis of Epistemic Peerhood.- Chapter 4: The Benefits to Inquiry Argument.- Chapter 5: Objections to the Benefits to Inquiry Argument.- Chapter 6: Disagreement and Change of View.