Trust without shared belief: Pluralist realism and polar bear conservation
Trust-building has implicitly been characterized in epistemology as necessitating the adoption of shared belief. If this is so, such models of trust-building appear at odds with a metaphysical commitment to pluralist realism. In this article I offer the first steps in modeling how a pluralist realis...
| Published in: | Perspectives on Science |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/dc%3A52252 https://doi.org/10.1162/POSC_a_00234 |
| Summary: | Trust-building has implicitly been characterized in epistemology as necessitating the adoption of shared belief. If this is so, such models of trust-building appear at odds with a metaphysical commitment to pluralist realism. In this article I offer the first steps in modeling how a pluralist realist might understand trust building. I argue that entertaining pluralist realism as a possibility may actually be more fruitful for trust building than a monist conception because each side is given an important concession: the possibility that their knowledge claims might be correct. The case of polar bear conservation in the Canadian arctic illustrates that trust-building without shared belief is possible. I wish the members of these round-table discussions success in the future. Peer reviewed Final article published. Inuit trust environment polar bear Indigenous knowledge pluralist realism social epistemology |
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