The Argumentative Potential of Doubt

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Main Author: Mohammed, Dima
Publication Date: 2022
Other Authors: Rossi, Maria Grazia
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/139641
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spelling The Argumentative Potential of DoubtFrom Legitimate Concerns to Conspiracy Theories About COVID-19 VaccinesArgumentative potentialConspiracy theoriesCOVID-19 vaccinePublic controversiesLawPhilosophyLinguistics and LanguageLanguage and LinguisticsSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingUIDB/00183/2020 UIDP/00183/2020Doubt is a double-edge sword. On the one hand, uncertainty is essential for epistemic progress, and yet, doubt can also make us vulnerable to deception, confused to the point of no longer knowing what is true. What distinguishes a doubt that is epistemologically beneficial from one which is deceptive, or even manufactured in the context of a conspiracy theory? In this chapter, we explore doubt, its role, and the way it is being handled in the context of the public controversy about the COVID-19 vaccine. We approach conspiracy theories as argumentative discourses and reconstruct the generic structure of a conspiracy theory macro argument. Through the structure, we look into the discourse of the twelve prominent anti-vaxxers known as the “Disinformation Dozen”, focusing on the argumentative potential that doubt can have in the public controversy about the COVID-19 vaccine. We suggest to distinguish ambivalence from scepticism and denialism as three argumentative potentials that a motivated doubt can have. We argue that ambivalent doubt ought to be acknowledged, addressed and incorporated into the public health narrative, in order to avoid that an unnecessarily broad interpretation of conspiracy theory dominates the public debate and leaves an uncertain public a prey to it.SpringerInstituto de Filosofia da NOVA (IFILNOVA)RUNMohammed, DimaRossi, Maria Grazia2022-06-08T22:14:11Z20222022-01-01T00:00:00Zbook partinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion20application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/139641eng978-3-030-91016-71566-7650PURE: 42801237https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91017-4_7info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2024-05-22T18:02:21Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/139641Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T17:33:18.977994Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Argumentative Potential of Doubt
From Legitimate Concerns to Conspiracy Theories About COVID-19 Vaccines
title The Argumentative Potential of Doubt
spellingShingle The Argumentative Potential of Doubt
Mohammed, Dima
Argumentative potential
Conspiracy theories
COVID-19 vaccine
Public controversies
Law
Philosophy
Linguistics and Language
Language and Linguistics
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
title_short The Argumentative Potential of Doubt
title_full The Argumentative Potential of Doubt
title_fullStr The Argumentative Potential of Doubt
title_full_unstemmed The Argumentative Potential of Doubt
title_sort The Argumentative Potential of Doubt
author Mohammed, Dima
author_facet Mohammed, Dima
Rossi, Maria Grazia
author_role author
author2 Rossi, Maria Grazia
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA (IFILNOVA)
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Mohammed, Dima
Rossi, Maria Grazia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Argumentative potential
Conspiracy theories
COVID-19 vaccine
Public controversies
Law
Philosophy
Linguistics and Language
Language and Linguistics
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
topic Argumentative potential
Conspiracy theories
COVID-19 vaccine
Public controversies
Law
Philosophy
Linguistics and Language
Language and Linguistics
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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