Now my head has cleared up to think.. You are very right. The question is now how do I combat. It. I wonder if it is possible to create Micro Government?
Do No Harm On Mon, Mar 4, 2019, 4:20 AM archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > One way to make sense of recent political events is to reflect on the role > of epistemic > insouciance in political debate. Epistemic insouciance is a casual lack of > concern or > carelessness about the facts, an indifference to whether one’s assertions > have any basis in > reality. It implies an excessively nonchalant attitude towards the > challenge of finding answers > to complex questions, partly as a result of a tendency to view such > questions as less complex > than they really are. The primary product of epistemic insouciance is > bullshit in Harry > Frankfurt’s sense. Epistemic insouciance is an epistemic posture rather > than a stance. It is an > epistemic vice, both in the sense that it gets in the way of knowledge and > is blameworthy or > otherwise reprehensible. Epistemic insouciance is different from epistemic > malevolence. The > latter is a stance rather than a posture. Epistemic insouciance is > illustrated by the conduct of > some parties to the Brexit debate in the UK. A compelling example of > epistemic malevolence > is the ‘tobacco strategy’. > > Is this a term (insouciance) we cab all use in thinking of our political > and social conditions? > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
