Knowledge and Skepticism (Volume 5) (Topics in Contemporary Philosophy) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0262014084 ISBN 13: 9780262014083

Verlag: Bradford Books, 2010

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Reseña del editor

New essays by leading philosophers explore topics in epistemology, offering both contemporary philosophical analysis and historical perspectives. There are two main questions in epistemology: What is knowledge? And: Do we have any of it? The first question asks after the nature of a concept; the second involves grappling with the skeptic, who believes that no one knows anything. This collection of original essays addresses the themes of knowledge and skepticism, offering both contemporary epistemological analysis and historical perspectives from leading philosophers and rising scholars. Contributors first consider knowledge: the intrinsic nature of knowledge-in particular, aspects of what distinguishes knowledge from true belief; the extrinsic examination of knowledge, focusing on contextualist accounts; and types of knowledge, specifically perceptual, introspective, and rational knowledge. The final chapters offer various perspectives on skepticism. Knowledge and Skepticism provides an eclectic yet coherent set of essays by distinguished scholars and important new voices. The cutting-edge nature of its contributions and its interdisciplinary character make it a valuable resource for a wide audience-for philosophers of language as well as for epistemologists, and for psychologists, decision theorists, historians, and students at both the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels. Contributors Kent Bach, Joseph Keim Campbell, Joseph Cruz, Fred Dretske, Catherine Z. Elgin, Peter S. Fosl, Peter J. Graham, David Hemp, Michael O'Rourke, George Pappas, John L. Pollock, Duncan Pritchard, Joseph Salerno, Robert J. Stainton, Harry S. Silverstein, Joseph Thomas Tolliver, Leora Weitzman

Biografía del autor

Joseph Keim Campbell is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Washington State University. Michael O'Rourke is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. Harry S. Silverstein is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Washington State University, and coeditor of three previous volumes in the Topics in Contemporary Philosophy series, Causation and Explanation (2007), Knowledge and Skepticism (2010), and Time and Identity (2010), all published by the MIT Press. Kent Bach is Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University. Robert J. Stainton is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Western Ontario. Fred Dretske is Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Philosophy, Duke University. John L. Pollock is Regents Professor of Philosophy and Research Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona. Catherine Z. Elgin is Professor of the Philosophy of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is the author of Considered Judgment, Between the Absolute and the Arbitrary, With Reference to Reference, and (with Nelson Goodman) Reconceptions in Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Bradford Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0262014084
• ISBN 13: 9780262014083
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384
• Herausgeber: Campbell Joseph Keim, O'Rourke Michael, Silverstein Harry S.