Casey Rebecca Johnson is an assistant professor of Philosophy in the Politics and Philosophy Department at the University of Idaho. Prior to joining that department, Dr. Johnson was a post-doctoral fellow on the project on Humility and Conviction in Public Life at the University of Connecticut's Humanities Institute.

In light of the public nature of many of our most important disagreements, a key question emerges: How does public disagreement affect what we know? This volume of original essays addresses this question in its many diverse forms.

Introduction Casey Rebecca Johnson

1. Reasonable Disagreement Catherine Elgin

2. Disagreements, of Beliefs and Otherwise Duncan Pritchard

3. Dissent: Ethics and Epistemology Sanford Goldberg

4. Dissent: Good, Bad and Reasonable Klemens Kappel

5. Silence and Objecting Jennifer Lackey

6. For the Sake of Argument: The Nature and Extent of Our Obligation to Voice Disagreement Casey Rebecca Johnson

7. Eloquent Silences: Silence and Dissent Alessandra Tanesini

8. Epistemic Arrogance and the Value of Political Dissent Michael Patrick Lynch

9. Emancipatory Political Dissent in Practice: Insights from Social Theory Rachel Ann McKinney

10. Speaking and Listening to Acts of Political Dissent Matthew Chrisman and Graham Hubbs

11. Responding to Harmful Speech: The More Speech Response, Counter Speech, and the Complexity of Language Use Mary Kate McGowan