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Book SynopsisApplied philosophy has been a growing area of research for the last 40 years. Until now, however, almost all of this research has been centered around the field of ethics. A Companion to Applied Philosophy breaks new ground, demonstrating that all areasof philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind, can be applied, and are relevant to questions of everyday life. This perennial topic in philosophy provides an overview of these various applied philosophy developments, highlighting similarities and differences between various areas of applied philosophy, and examining the very nature of this topic. It is an area to which many of the towering figures in the history of philosophy have contributed, and this timely Companion demonstrates how various historical contributions are actually contributions within applied philosophy, even if they are not traditionally seen as such. The Companion contains 42 essays covering major areas of philo
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix
Foreword xvi
Acknowledgments xix
Part I Introductory Articles 1
1 The Nature of Applied Philosophy 3
Kasper Lippert]Rasmussen
2 The Methodology of Applied Philosophy 18
David Archard
3 The Value of Applied Philosophy 34
Suzanne Uniacke
Part II Epistemology 49
4 Applied Epistemology 51
David Coady
5 Gender and Feminist Epistemology 61
Nancy Daukas
6 The Epistemology of Deliberative Democracy 76
Fabienne Peter
7 Information Markets 89
Kristoffer Ahlstrom]Vij
8 Epistemology for (Real) People 103
Michael Bishop and J.D. Trout
9 Are Conspiracy Theorists Epistemically Vicious? 120
Charles R. Pigden
10 Experts in the Climate Change Debate 133
Ben Almassi
11 Freedom of Expression, Diversity, and Truth 147
Klemens Kappel, Bjørn Hallsson, and Emil F.L. Møller
Part III Metaphysics and Philosophy of Language 163
12 Applied Metaphysics 165
Katherine Hawley
13 Applied Philosophy of Language 180
Emma Borg
14 Social Ontology and War 196
Seumas Miller
15 The Metaphysics of Gender 211
Natalie Stoljar
16 The Existence of the Dead 224
Steven Luper
17 Freedom of Expression and Derogatory Words 236
Caroline West
Part IV Ethics 253
18 Applied Moral Philosophy 255
Richard Arneson
19 Neuroethics and Responsibility 270
Neil Levy
20 Non]ideal Theory 284
Zofia Stemplowska
21 Death: Badness and Prudential Reasons 297
Jens Johansson
Part V Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law 311
22 Applied Political and Legal Philosophy 313
Michelle Madden Dempsey and Matthew Lister
23 Legal Human Rights Theory 328
Samantha Besson
24 Collectivism and Reductivism in the Ethics of War 342
Helen Frowe
25 Freedom of Association 356
Kimberley Brownlee
26 Neuroethics and Criminal Justice 370
Jesper Ryberg and Thomas Søbirk Petersen
27 Deliberative Democracy 383
Thomas Christiano and Sameer Bajaj
28 Tax Ethics: Political and Individual 397
Geoffrey Brennan and George Tsai
29 Benefiting from Wrongdoing 411
Avia Pasternak
30 Freedom of Religion and Expression 424
Larry Alexander
Part VI Philosophy of Science 439
31 Applied Philosophy of Social Science: The Case of the Social Construction of Race 441
Isaac Wiegman and Ron Mallon
32 Social Constructivism in Social Science and Science Wars 455
Finn Collin
33 Did Climate Change Cause That? 469
Richard Corry
Part VII Aesthetics 485
34 Applied Aesthetics 487
David Davies
35 Thought Experiments in Aesthetics 501
Paisley Livingston and Mikael Pettersson
36 Aesthetic Value, Artistic Value, and Morality 514
Andrea Sauchelli
37 The Applied Philosophy of Humor 527
Noël Carroll
Part VIII Philosophy of Religion 539
38 Applied Philosophy of Religion 541
C.A.J. Coady
39 Thinking about Reported Miracles 555
Timothy Mcgrew
40 Religion and Neuroscience 567
Monima Chadha
Part IX History of Applied Philosophy 583
41 Ancient Applied Philosophy 585
Chris Megone
42 Modern Applied Philosophy: Kant on Theory and Practice 599
Allen Wood
Index 612
