The Routledge Handbook of Applied Epistemology (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy)

While applied epistemology has been neglected for much of the twentieth century, it has seen emerging interest in recent years, with key thinkers in the field helping to put it on the philosophical map. Although it is an old tradition, current technological and social developments have dramatically changed both the questions it faces and the methodology required to answer those questions. Recent developments also make it a particularly important and exciting area for research and teaching in the twenty-first century. The Routledge Handbook of Applied Epistemology is an outstanding reference source to this exciting subject and the first collection of its kind. Comprising entries by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into six main parts:\nThe Internet\nPolitics\nScience\nEpistemic institutions\nIndividual investigators\nTheory and practice in philosophy.\nWithin these sections, the core topics and debates are presented, analyzed, and set into broader historical and disciplinary contexts. The central topics covered include: the prehistory of applied epistemology, expertise and scientific authority, epistemic aspects of political and social philosophy, epistemology and the law, and epistemology and medicine.\nEssential reading for students and researchers in epistemology, political philosophy, and applied ethics the Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as law, sociology, and politics.

Politics & Social Sciences

Coady, David

Chase, James

Philosophy

Routledge

Drawing on a database of more than one hundred anti-poverty interventions in 47 countries, 'Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries' provides a general review of experiences with methods used to target interventions in transition and developing countries. Written for policymakers and program managers in developing countries, in donor agencies, and in NGOs who have responsibility for designing interventions that reach the poor, it conveys what targeting options are available, what results can be expected as well as information that will assist in choosing among them and in their implementation. Key messages are: - While targeting 'works' - the median program transfers 25 percent more to the poor than would a universal allocation - targeting performance around the world is highly variable.  - Means testing, geographic targeting, and self-selection based on a work requirement are the most robustly progressive methods. Proxy means testing, community-based selection of individuals and demographic targeting to children show good results on average, but with considerable variation. - Demographic targeting to the elderly, community bidding, and self-selection based on consumption show limited potential for good targeting. - There is no single preferred method for all types of programs or all country contexts. Successful targeting depends critically on how a method is implemented. The CD-ROM includes the database of interventions, an annotated bibliography (PDF) and Spanish and Russian translations of the book (PDFs).

Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries: Review of Lessons and Experience

Business & Money

Hoddinott, John

Grosh, Margaret E.

Economics

World Bank

Samuel Morley and David Coady demonstrate how a promising new alternative to standard donor-financed education programs―the conditioned transfer for education (CTE) program―can advance both poverty reduction and education goals at the same time. CTE programs meet the immediate needs of the poorest families by providing cash or food but only on the condition that they keep their children in school. These transfers reduce poverty in the short run, and the additional education of the children of poor families breaks the long-run cycle of poverty by increasing their earning potential.The book compiles a vast amount of unpublished and published material on existing CTE programs and their impact on poverty. Groundbreaking case studies and detailed evaluations of programs in Mexico, Brazil, Bangladesh, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Chile add up to an unusual and surprising success story for skeptics of development and foreign aid.

From Social Assistance to Social Development: Targeted Education Subsidies in Developing Countries

Morley, Samuel

Peterson Institute for International Economics

Of the two kinds of philosophical questions – epistemic and ethical - raised by the public debate about climate change, professional philosophers have dealt almost exclusively with the ethical. This book is the first to address both and examine the relationship between them.

The Climate Change Debate: An Epistemic and Ethical Enquiry

Corry, R.

Palgrave Pivot

While applied epistemology has been neglected for much of the twentieth century, it has seen emerging interest in recent years, with key thinkers in the field helping to put it on the philosophical map. Although it is an old tradition, current technological and social developments have dramatically changed both the questions it faces and the methodology required to answer those questions. Recent developments also make it a particularly important and exciting area for research and teaching in the twenty-first century. The Routledge Handbook of Applied Epistemology is an outstanding reference source to this exciting subject and the first collection of its kind. Comprising entries by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into six main parts: <ul>
<li>The Internet</li> <li>Politics</li> <li>Science</li> <li>Epistemic institutions</li> <li>Individual investigators </li> <li>Theory and practice in philosophy.</li> </ul> Within these sections, the core topics and debates are presented, analyzed, and set into broader historical and disciplinary contexts. The central topics covered include: the prehistory of applied epistemology, expertise and scientific authority, epistemic aspects of political and social philosophy, epistemology and the law, and epistemology and medicine. Essential reading for students and researchers in epistemology, political philosophy, and applied ethics the Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as law, sociology, and politics.

Of the two kinds of philosophical questions – epistemic and ethical - raised by the public debate about climate change, professional philosophers have dealt almost exclusively with the ethical. This book is the first to address both and examine the relationship between them.

What to Believe Now: Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues

What can we know and what should we believe about today's world? What to Believe Now: Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues applies the concerns and techniques of epistemology to a wide variety of contemporary issues. Questions about what we can know-and what we should believe-are first addressed through an explicit consideration of the practicalities of working these issues out at the dawn of the twenty-first century. 
Coady calls for an 'applied turn' in epistemology, a process he likens to the applied turn that transformed the study of ethics in the early 1970s. Subjects dealt with include: <ul>
<li>Experts-how can we recognize them? And when should we trust them? </li> <li>Rumors-should they ever be believed? And can they, in fact, be a source of knowledge? </li> <li>Conspiracy theories-when, if ever, should they be believed, and can they be known to be true? </li> <li>The blogosphere-how does it compare with traditional media as a source of knowledge and justified belief? </li> </ul>
Timely, thought provoking, and controversial, What to Believe Now offers a wealth of insights into a branch of philosophy of growing importance-and increasing relevance-in the twenty-first century.

Wiley/Blackwell

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The Routledge Handbook of Applied Epistemology (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy)

Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries: Review of Lessons and Experience

From Social Assistance to Social Development: Targeted Education Subsidies in Developing Countries

The Climate Change Debate: An Epistemic and Ethical Enquiry

The Climate Change Debate: An Epistemic and Ethical Enquiry

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Epistemology (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy)

The Climate Change Debate: An Epistemic and Ethical Enquiry

What to Believe Now: Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues

What to Believe Now: Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues