ABSTRACT

Our study of political beliefs has taken us to many places. We’ve seen the perspectives of philosophers, psychologists, political scientists, political theorists, economists, sociologists, historians, pundits, and others. And we’ve seen how much disagreement there is, not just about politics but about political beliefs: how they’re formed, whether they’re rational, what we ought to do about it. Some of these disagreements are political disagreements recast as epistemology or psychology, but some of them reflect the genuine difficulty of the subject matter and the complexity of the topic. If you’ve made it this far, good work. (I’m saying that to myself as much as to you.)