Disagreement or Badmouthing? The Role of Expressive Discourse in Politics

APSE-IVC-CEU Talks
The Institute Vienna Circle the Unit for Applied Philosophy of Science and Epistemology APSE (of the Department of Philosophy of the Universtiy of Vienna) and the Central European University CEU are jointly organising a series of talks this term

Date: 15/04/2021

Time: 15h00

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Abstract:

A striking feature of political discourse is how prone we are to disagree. Political opponents will even give different answers to factual questions, which suggests that opposing parties cannot agree on facts any more than they can on values. This impression is widespread and supported by survey data. I will argue, however, that the extent and depth of political disagreement is largely overstated. Many political disagreements are merely illusory. This claim has several important upshots. I will explore the implications of this idea for theories about voter misinformation, motivated reasoning, deliberative democracy, and a number of other issues.