Some key aspects of contemporary epistemology deserve to be challenged, and How to Know does just that. This book argues that several long-standing presumptions at the heart of the standard analytic conception of knowledge are false, and defends an alternative, a practicalist co…
This book argues that several presumptions about standard analytic conceptions of knowledge are false, and puts forth an alternative view.
Epistemology: the key thinkers
From Plato, through Descartes to WV Quine and Edmund Gettier, this guide explores the history of thinking about 'knowledge'. Exploring what great philosophers have written about the nature of knowledge and about how we know what we know, it gives an introduction to the field of …
From Plato, through Descartes to W.V. Quine and Edmund Gettier, this concise introduction and reference guide explores the history of thinking about 'knowledge'.
Epistemology: the key thinkers
This book explores what great philosophers have written about the nature of knowledge and about how we know what we know, providing an introduction to the field of epistemology.