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Argues that conspiracy theories, including those that conflict with official accounts and suggest that prominent people in Western democracies have engaged in appalling behaviour, should be taken seriously and judged on their merits and problems on a case-by-case basis.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories
  • 1 What is a Conspiracy Theory?
  • 2 The Philosophers of Conspiracy Theory: Are Conspiracy Theories Epistemically Suspect?
  • 3 Conspiracist Ideation and the Revelation of Real Conspiracies
  • Part II: The Pre-eminent Legal Scholar of Our Time
  • 4 Is Infiltration of Extremist Groups Justified?
  • 5 Conspiracy Theories and Stylized Facts
  • 6 Were Sunstein and Vermeule Misunderstood? An Examination of Sunstein’s Revision
  • Part III: The Social Scientists
  • 7 Conspiracy Theorists and Monological Belief Systems
  • 8 Conspiracy Theories and the Paranoid Style: Do Conspiracy Theories Posit Implausibly Vast and Evil Conspiracies?
  • 9 For the Greater Good: Conspiracy and Moral Justification (an interlude)
  • 10 Conspiracy Theorists and Social Scientists
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: 9/11 and Epistemic Authorities
  • Works Cited

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        Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
        Publication Date: 7/30/2022 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN13: 9780472133109, 978-0472133109
        ISBN10: 0472133101
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Argues that conspiracy theories, including those that conflict with official accounts and suggest that prominent people in Western democracies have engaged in appalling behaviour, should be taken seriously and judged on their merits and problems on a case-by-case basis.

        Table of Contents
        • Preface
        • Introduction
        • Part I: The Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories
        • 1 What is a Conspiracy Theory?
        • 2 The Philosophers of Conspiracy Theory: Are Conspiracy Theories Epistemically Suspect?
        • 3 Conspiracist Ideation and the Revelation of Real Conspiracies
        • Part II: The Pre-eminent Legal Scholar of Our Time
        • 4 Is Infiltration of Extremist Groups Justified?
        • 5 Conspiracy Theories and Stylized Facts
        • 6 Were Sunstein and Vermeule Misunderstood? An Examination of Sunstein’s Revision
        • Part III: The Social Scientists
        • 7 Conspiracy Theorists and Monological Belief Systems
        • 8 Conspiracy Theories and the Paranoid Style: Do Conspiracy Theories Posit Implausibly Vast and Evil Conspiracies?
        • 9 For the Greater Good: Conspiracy and Moral Justification (an interlude)
        • 10 Conspiracy Theorists and Social Scientists
        • Conclusion
        • Appendix: 9/11 and Epistemic Authorities
        • Works Cited

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