Ever since Plato, philosophers have faced one central question: what is the scope and nature of human knowledge? In this volume the distinguished philosopher Ernest Sosa collects essays on this subject written over a period of twenty-five years. All the major topics of contemporary epistemology are covered: the nature of propositional knowledge; externalism versus internalism; foundationalism versus coherentism; and the problem of the criterion. 'Sosa is one of the most prominent and most important epistemologists on the current American scene.' William P. Alston, Syracuse University
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Sources and acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. What is Knowledge, And How is it Possible? 1. The analysis of 'knowledge that p'; 2. How do you know?; 3. On our knowledge of matters of fact; 4. Presuppositions of empirical knowledge; Part II. Theories of Justification: 5. Epistemology today: a perspective in retrospect; 6. Nature unmirrored, epistemology naturalized; 7. Theories of justification: old doctrines newly defended; 8. Reliabilism and intellectual virtue; Part III. Intellectual Virtue and Epistemic Perspective: A View Presented: 9. The foundations of foundationalism; 10. The raft and the pyramid: coherence versus foundations in the theory of knowledge; 11. The coherence of virtue and the virtue of coherence; 12. Testimony and coherence; Part IV. Intellectual Virtue in Perspective: The View Developed: 13. Knowledge and intellectual virtue; 14. Methodology and apt belief; 15. Equilibrium in coherence?; 16. Intellectual virtue in perspective; Index.
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"Sosa is one of the most prominent and most important epistemologists on the current American scene." William P. Alston, Syracuse University
Ernest Sosa collects essays, written over the last 25 years, on the scope and nature of human knowledge.

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ISBN
9780521396431
Publisert
1991-03-29
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Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
433 gr
Høyde
227 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
316

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