Chapter 6: AUTHORITY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Chapter 1: INTELLIGENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION 1
5. Chapter 2: ON OVERSIMPLIFICATION AND THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE 13
6. Chapter 3: VAGUENESS: SOME VARIANT APPROACHES 29
7. Chapter 4: UNDERDETERMINATION 45
8. Chapter 5: COGNITIVE COMPROMISE: On Managing Cognitive Risk in the Face of Imperfect/Flawed Information 57
9. Chapter 6: AUTHORITY 65
10. Chapter 7: AN EXPLANATORY CONUNDRUM 75
11. Chapter 8: THE MUSICAL CHAIRS PARADOX 81
12. Chapter 9: TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENTATION AND HUMAN NATURE 83
13. Chapter 10: A MULTITUDE OF WORLDS? 89
14. Name Index 109
15. Backmatter 113