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Trust

A Philosophical Approach

Editors:

  • Deals with the question of TRUST in the technological world
  • Analyzes transformations in interpersonal relationships favored by technologies
  • Investigates how to promote a more informed and proactive communication
  • Gathers invited contributions presented at TRUST2020, Pisa, Italy

Part of the book series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE, volume 54)

Conference series link(s): Trust: TRUST – International Meeting

Conference proceedings info: Trust 2020.

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Table of contents (13 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Philosophy of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
    2. The Politics of Distrust

      • Stephen David John
      Pages 49-61
    3. Epistemic Inequality and the Grounds of Trust in Scientific Experts

      • Pierluigi Barrotta, Roberto Gronda
      Pages 81-94
    4. On Trust in Mathematics: Some Case Studies

      • Luca Bellotti, Enrico Moriconi
      Pages 95-109
  3. Trust and Political Institutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
    2. Trust and Political Ignorance

      • Ilya Somin
      Pages 153-169
    3. Trust and Fiduciary Power

      • Marco Menon
      Pages 171-185
    4. Populism as the Crisis of Political Trust

      • Antonio Masala
      Pages 187-197
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 199-199

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About this book

This book presents cutting-edge concepts on the question of trust. Written by leading experts, it investigates a paradoxical feature of contemporary society: while information and communication technologies, on the one hand, and scientific discourses, on the other, can promote more informed participation in public and democratic life, they have also led to a dramatic decline in our communicative and cooperative skills. 

The book analyzes the notion of trust from an interdisciplinary perspective by combining the normative (continental) and empirical (Anglo-American) approaches and by considering the political, epistemological, and historical transformations in the interpersonal relationships sparked by new technologies. Using trust as a model, it then investigates and clarifies the new types of participation that are made possible by scientific and technological advances.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • Pisa University, Pisa, Italy

    Adriano Fabris

About the editor

Adriano Fabris (Pisa, Italy) is Full Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Pisa, where he also teaches the course "Philosophy of Religions and Communication Ethics". He is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Center of Research and Services on Communication (CICo) in Pisa. He is the Editor in Chief of the Journal “Teoria - Rivista di Filosofia”. Adriano Fabris is also the Director of the ReTe (Religions and Theology) Institute at the Theological Faculty of Lugano (Switzerland), and of the online Master in "Science, Philosophy, and Theology of Religions" organized by the same University. He is the author of the book Ethics of Information and Communication Technologies, published by Springer in 2018 (eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75511-3; Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75510-6).

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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