A Defense of the Given

Fales, Evan M.

ISBN 10: 0847683060 / ISBN 13: 9780847683062

Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0847683060-2-32516845

Inhaltsangabe:

What is the connection between experience and knowledge? Evan Fales defends the contested idea that sense experience can be used to justify basic beliefs. He explores what it is for a belief to be self-evident and examines implications for his argument of Gestalt psychology and visual phenomena and illusions. Fales diverges from classical foundationalism, however, arguing that basic beliefs are often only probable, rather than infallible. A Defense of the Given is an important work not only for epistemologists but for all philosophers interested in how we can justify our beliefs.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Evan M. Fales is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa, the author of Causation and Universals, and the co-editor of Genes and Human Self-Knowledge.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Defense of the Given
Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Very Good