What's the Point of Knowledge?: A Function-First Epistemology - Hardcover

Hannon, Michael

 
9780190914721: What's the Point of Knowledge?: A Function-First Epistemology
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0190914726 ISBN 13: 9780190914721
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

This book is about knowledge and its value. At its heart is a straightforward idea: we can answer many interesting and difficult questions in epistemology by reflecting on the role of epistemic evaluation in human life. Michael Hannon calls this approach function-first epistemology. To Hannon, the concept of knowledge is used to identify reliable informants; this practice is necessary, or at least deeply important, because it plays a vital role in human survival, cooperation, and flourishing. Though a seemingly simple idea, function-first epistemology has wide-reaching implications. From this premise, Hannon casts new light on the very nature and value of knowledge, the differences between knowledge and understanding, the relationship between knowledge, assertion, and practical reasoning, and the semantics of knowledge claims. This book forges new paths into some classic philosophical puzzles, including the Gettier problem, epistemic relativism, and philosophical skepticism. What's the Point of Knowledge? shows that pivotal issues in epistemology can be resolved by taking a function-first approach, demonstrating the significant role that this method can play in contemporary philosophy.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Michael Hannon is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. After receiving his PhD from the University of Cambridge, he served as Deputy Director of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of London. His research in epistemology covers topics such as skepticism, fallibilism, the value of knowledge, and the role of truth in politics. He founded the Political Epistemology Network and holds a British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award for his project on political epistemology.

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Verlag
OXFORD UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0190914726
ISBN 13 
9780190914721
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
286
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