Problems of knowledge : a critical introduction to epistemology

書誌事項

Problems of knowledge : a critical introduction to epistemology

Michael Williams

Oxford University Press, 2001

  • : pbk

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 20

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-260) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

What is epistemology or 'the theory of knowledge'? What is it really about? Why does it matter? What makes theorising about knowledge 'philosophical'? Why do some philosophers argue that epistemology - perhaps even philosophy itself - is dead? In this exciting and original introduction, Michael Williams shows how epistemological theorizing is sensitive to a range of questions about the nature, limits, methods, and value of knowing. He pays special attention to the challenge of philosophical scepticism: does our 'knowledge' rest on brute assumptions? Does the rational outlook undermine itself? Williams explains and criticises all the main contemporary philopsophical perspectives on human knowledge, such as foundationalism, the coherence theory, and 'naturalistic' theories. As an alternative to all of them, he defends his distinctive contextualist approach. While accessible to the undergraduate and general reader, this book contains Williams' own original ideas and is essential reading for all philosophers concerned with the theory of knowledge.

目次

  • Introduction: The Very Idea of a Theory of Knowledge
  • 1. The Standard Analysis
  • 2. Knowledge without Evidence
  • 3. Two Ideals
  • 4. Unstable Knowledge
  • 5. Agrippa's Trilemma
  • 6. Experience and Reality
  • 7. Foundations
  • 8. The Problem of the Basis
  • 9. Reduction and Inference
  • 10. Coherence
  • 11. The Myth of the System
  • 12. Realism and Truth
  • 13. Evidence and Entitlement
  • 14. Knowledge in Context
  • 15. Seeing and Knowing
  • 16. Scepticism and Epistemic Priority
  • 17. Induction
  • 18. Projection and Conjecture
  • 19. Relativism
  • 20. Objectivity and Progress
  • Conclusion: Epistemology After Scepticism?

「Nielsen BookData」 より

詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA5281429X
  • ISBN
    • 0192892568
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Oxford
  • ページ数/冊数
    276 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
ページトップへ