Knowledge and the Gettier Problem - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Knowledge and the Gettier Problem write by Stephen Cade Hetherington. This book was released on 2016-09. Knowledge and the Gettier Problem available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book enriches our understanding of knowledge and Gettier's challenge, stimulating debate on a central epistemological issue.
The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding
The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding write by Jonathan L. Kvanvig. This book was released on 2003-08-21. The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Epistemology has for a long time focused on the concept of knowledge and tried to answer questions such as whether knowledge is possible and how much of it there is. Often missing from this inquiry, however, is a discussion on the value of knowledge. In The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding Jonathan Kvanvig argues that epistemology properly conceived cannot ignore the question of the value of knowledge. He also questions one of the most fundamental assumptions in epistemology, namely that knowledge is always more valuable than the value of its subparts. Taking Platos' Meno as a starting point of his discussion, Kvanvig tackles the different arguments about the value of knowledge and comes to the conclusion that knowledge is less valuable than generally assumed. Clearly written and well argued, this 2003 book will appeal to students and professionals in epistemology.
Justification and Knowledge
Justification and Knowledge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Justification and Knowledge write by G. S. Pappas. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Justification and Knowledge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With one exception, all of the papers in this volume were originally presented at a conference held in April, 1978, at The Ohio State University. The excep tion is the paper by Wilfrid Sellars, which is a revised version of a paper he originally published in the Journal of Philosophy, 1973. However, the present version of Sellars' paper is so thoroughly changed from its original, that it is now virtually a new paper. None of the other nine papers has been published previously. The bibliography, prepared by Nancy Kelsik, is very extensive and it is tempting to think that it is complete. But I believe that virtual com pleteness is more likely to prove correct. The conference was made possible by grants from the College of Human ities and the Graduate School, Ohio State University, as well as by a grant from the Philosophy Department. On behalf of the contributors, I want to thank these institutions for their support. I also want to thank Marshall Swain and Robert Turnbu~l for early help and encouragement; Bette Hellinger for assistance in setting up the confer ence; and Mary Raines and Virginia Foster for considerable aid in the pre paration of papers and many other conference matters. The friendly advice of the late James Cornman was also importantly helpful. April,1979 GEORGE S. PAPPAS ix INTRODUCTION The papers in this volume deal in different ways with the related issues of epistemic justification or warrant, and the analysis of factual knowledge.
An Analysis of Edmund Gettier's Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?
An Analysis of Edmund Gettier's Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Analysis of Edmund Gettier's Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? write by Jason Schukraft. This book was released on 2017-07-05. An Analysis of Edmund Gettier's Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For 2,000 years, the standard philosophical model of knowledge was that it could be defined as a justified true belief. According to this way of thinking, we can know, for example, that we are human because [1] we believe ourselves to be human; [2] that belief is justified (others treat us as humans, not as dogs); and [3] the belief is true. This definition, which dates to Plato, was challenged by Edmund Gettier in one of the most influential works of philosophy published in the last century – a three page paper that produced two clear examples of justified true beliefs that could not, in fact, be considered knowledge. Gettier's achievement rests on solid foundations provided by his mastery of the critical thinking skill of analysis. By understanding the way in which Plato – and every other epistemologist – had built their arguments, he was able to identify the relationships between the parts, and the assumptions that underpinned then. That precise understanding was what Gettier required to mount a convincing challenge to the theory – one that was bolstered by a reasoning skill that put his counter case pithily, and in a form his colleagues found all but unchallengeable.
Good Knowledge, Bad Knowledge
Good Knowledge, Bad Knowledge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Good Knowledge, Bad Knowledge write by Stephen Hetherington. This book was released on 2001-10-18. Good Knowledge, Bad Knowledge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What is knowledge? How hard is it for a person to have knowledge? Good Knowledge, Bad Knowledge confronts contemporary philosophical attempts to answer those classic questions, by identifying and arguing against two fundamental epistemological presumptions. Can there be both better and worse knowledge of some fact? Can you improve your knowledge of a particular fact? Can there be especially bad knowledge of a specific fact? Epistemologists routinely answer these questions with a resounding 'No'. But Stephen Hetherington argues that those standard answers are mistaken. The result is a theory of knowledge that is unique in conceiving of knowledge in a non-absolutist way. The theory offers new solutions to many traditional epistemological puzzles, including various kinds of scepticism, the Gettier challenge, and the problem of the criterion. It also offers a fresh way of using G. E. Moore's anti-sceptical gambit, along with reinterpretations of the epistemic roles of fallibility, luck, relevance, and dogmatism. And what can we know about knowledge? The role of intuition in shaping epistemological thought about knowledge is critically examined. Anyone working on epistemology will enjoy this original and challenging work.
