Professor Fred D'Agostino - UQ reSEARCHers (Research Interests)

	Research Interests

1985	pluralism
	Pluralism is the view that it is both unavoidable and desirable that there should be more than one standard against which options are judged. It is significant in relation to democratic polities and in relation to epistemology.
Keywords:	pluralism

1998	incommensurability
	Incommensurability arises when there are two or more criteria in terms of which to judge options and neither dominance nor settled trade-offs between the criteria. It is vital for cost-benefit analysis, utilitarianism, and in civil litigation.
Keywords:	incommensurability

1990	social contract theory
Keywords:	Rawls

2003	social epistemology
	Epistemology seeks norms for enquiry. Social epistemology recognizes that these norms must facilitate certain kinds of interactions and relations among enquirers.
Keywords:	social epistemology