Article ID: CBB361960231

Trust without Shared Belief: Pluralist Realism and Polar Bear Conservation (2017)

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Trust-building has implicitly been characterized in epistemology as necessitating the adoption of shared belief. If this is so, such models of trust-building appear at odds with a metaphysical commitment to pluralist realism. In this article I offer the first steps in modeling how a pluralist realist might understand trust building. I argue that entertaining pluralist realism as a possibility may actually be more fruitful for trust building than a monist conception because each side is given an important concession: the possibility that their knowledge claims might be correct. The case of polar bear conservation in the Canadian arctic illustrates that trust-building without shared belief is possible. I wish the members of these round-table discussions success in the future.

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Authors & Contributors
Songster, E. Elena
Rabb, George
Rodney A. Hitchmough
Smith, Bradley
Kathleen Brosemer
Fee, Margery
Concepts
Animals
Conservation biology
Polar bear
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
Climate change
Pluralism (philosophy)
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
21st century
Places
Canada
Arctic regions
United States
Sichuan Sheng (China)
England
Québec (Canada)
Institutions
Grand Canyon National Park
Yellowstone National Park
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