Inquiry, knowledge, and understanding
"What is knowledge? What is understanding? Why should we care about them? And how much, if anything, can we know and understand? These are among the most fundamental questions in the theory of knowledge. This book develops a new way of answering all of them in a systematic manner. The key idea is to approach these questions by thinking about inquiry. It argues that knowledge and understanding are the central aims of inquiry and that this insight serves to shed light on the nature, value, and ex…
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- Full title :Inquiry, knowledge, and understanding / Christoph Kelp.
Summary
"What is knowledge? What is understanding? Why should we care about them? And how much, if anything, can we know and understand? These are among the most fundamental questions in the theory of knowledge. This book develops a new way of answering all of them in a systematic manner. The key idea is to approach these questions by thinking about inquiry. It argues that knowledge and understanding are the central aims of inquiry and that this insight serves to shed light on the nature, value, and extent of our knowledge and understanding"--Publisher's description.
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- Publication Date:©2021
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2021
The Physical Object
- Description:viii, 212 pages ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780192896094, 0192896091
- oclc:on1196243682
- LC Classification:BD161
- Dewey Decimal:121
Table of Contents
The aim of inquiry -- Knowledge -- Conditions on knowledge -- Understanding -- Epistemic value -- Scepticism.
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