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Intro -- Controversies in the Contemporary World -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- In loving memory of Marcelo Dascal (1940 - 2019) -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- 1. The dogma of the solitary philosopher -- 2. The surplus that inhabits the ordinary -- 3. Contents and shape of philosophizing -- Introduction -- Section 1. Philosophies and controversies -- 1. Leibniz beyond Leibniz: Rationality, controversies and the ethics of communication -- 1. A necessary premise -- 2. Updating paradigms: From the mathematical theory of communication to an authentically human communication -- 3. The role of misunderstandings -- 4. The recovery of Grice's pragmatics -- 5. The relevance of the forms: Fallacies and strategic maneuvering -- 6. The factors considered in the debate -- 6.1 Interrelations between text, text and context -- 6.2 Requests for misunderstandings and misrepresentations -- 6.3 Tactical moves vs. strategic moves -- 6.4 The attitude of the contenders to the debate -- 6.5 The attitude of the contenders towards each other -- 6.6 Dynamic development of the debate -- 7. The results of the research: The threefold contrasting attitude of Leibniz in chapter 27 of the 'Nouveaux essais' -- 7.1 Indirect plausibility -- 7.2 Dissimulation -- 7.3 Replacement -- 8. Capturing the chameleon: Final remarks on rationality, controversies and ethics of communication -- References -- 2. Locke's and Leibniz's virtual debate over 'Of our knowledge of the existence of God' -- 1. The arguments 'Of our knowledge of the Existence of God' -- 1.1 A cosmological ('a posteriori') argument for the existence of God -- 1.2 The ontological ('a priori') argument for the existence of God -- 2. What type of polemic is the Locke-Leibniz virtual debate? -- 2.1 Locke-Burnett-Leibniz correspondences -- 2.2 Dascal's typology of polemics.

Foreword : like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants / Giovanni Scarafile -- Introduction : the relationship between science and democracy : harmonic and confrontational conceptions / Pierluigi Barrotta -- The dam project : who are the experts? : a philosophical lesson from the Vajont disaster / Pierluigi Barrotta and Eleonora Montuschi -- Rational decisions in a disagreement with experts / Istvssn Danka -- Rethinking the notion of public : a pragmatist account / Roberto Gronda -- The expert you are (not) : citizens, experts and the limits of science communication / Selene Arfini and Tommaso Bertolotti -- Decisions without scientists? : two case studies about GM plants and invasive acacia in Hungary / Anna Petschner -- Save the planet, win the election : a paradox of science and democracy, an Israeli perpetuum mobile and Donald Trump / Aviram Sariel -- Science and the source of legitimacy in democratic regimes / Oded Balaban -- The ethics of communication and the Terra Terra Project / Giovanni Scarafile and Maria Elena Latino -- The political use of science : the historical case of Soviet cosmology / Mauro Stenico -- The dialectical legacy of epigenetics / Flavio D'abramo

Foreword : like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants / Giovanni Scarafile -- Introduction : the relationship between science and democracy : harmonic and confrontational conceptions / Pierluigi Barrotta -- The dam project : who are the experts? : a philosophical lesson from the Vajont disaster / Pierluigi Barrotta and Eleonora Montuschi -- Rational decisions in a disagreement with experts / Istvssn Danka -- Rethinking the notion of public : a pragmatist account / Roberto Gronda -- The expert you are (not) : citizens, experts and the limits of science communication / Selene Arfini and Tommaso Bertolotti -- Decisions without scientists? : two case studies about GM plants and invasive acacia in Hungary / Anna Petschner -- Save the planet, win the election : a paradox of science and democracy, an Israeli perpetuum mobile and Donald Trump / Aviram Sariel -- Science and the source of legitimacy in democratic regimes / Oded Balaban -- The ethics of communication and the Terra Terra Project / Giovanni Scarafile and Maria Elena Latino -- The political use of science : the historical case of Soviet cosmology / Mauro Stenico -- The dialectical legacy of epigenetics / Flavio D'abramo

This volume features more than 25 papers that were presented at the 2014 Conference of the International Association for the Study of Controversies, IASC, held at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. It looks at conflict and conflict resolution from diverse perspectives. Coverage explores the paradox of conflict and examines how discord can be both a source of chaos as well as a foundation for unity, a limitation of potential as well as an entryway to a greater depth of living. Inside, readers will discover answers to such questions as: What are the conditions to ensure that a conflict can be converted into cooperation? If the conflict between interests can be solved by a compromise, what happens when a conflict involves non-negotiable values? By the end of the book, readers will have a better understanding of how conflict can be transcended and how it's possible to redefine the conflicting situation so that what seemed incompatible and locked may, in fact, open a new perspective

This volume features more than 25 papers that were presented at the 2014 Conference of the International Association for the Study of Controversies, IASC, held at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. It looks at conflict and conflict resolution from diverse perspectives, including philosophy, psychology, law, and history. Coverage explores the paradox of conflict and examines how discord, whether large or small, international or internal, can be both a source of chaos as well as a foundation for unity, a limitation of potential as well as an entryway to a greater depth of living. Inside, readers will discover thought-provoking answers to such questions as: What are the conditions to ensure that a conflict can be converted into cooperation? If the conflict between interests can be solved by a compromise, what happens when a conflict involves non-negotiable values? In the management of a conflict, what role is played by argumentation? What are the latest perspectives in conflict management? How does the theory of controversies allows us to recognize and resolve conflicts? By the end of the book, readers will have a better understanding of how conflict can be transcended and how it's possible to redefine the conflicting situation so that what seemed incompatible and locked may, in fact, open a new perspective.