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Robert B. Talisse
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Robert B. Talisse is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy and professor of political science at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. His research focuses on democracy, with specific attention to questions about public discourse, popular political ignorance, partisan polarization, and the ethics of citizenship. He has authored fifteen books and over one hundred scholarly articles examining how a democratic political order can assist and complicate our efforts to acquire knowledge, share ideas, understand what is of value, and address our disagreements. Talisse earned his Ph.D. in philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate School in 2001.