Problems of Knowledge A Critical Introduction to Epistemology

Name: Problems of Knowledge A Critical Introduction to Epistemology
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ISBN: 9780192892560

ISBN-10: 0192892568

ISBN-13: 9780192892560

Edition: 2001

Authors: Michael Williams

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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…

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List price: $89.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/23/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Michael Williams is a writer of plays, musicals, operas and novels and the Managing Director of Cape Town Opera in South Africa. He has written operas for young people based on African mythology, as well as the libretti for symphonic operas that have premiered around the world.



Introduction: The Very Idea of a Theory of Knowledge



The Standard Analysis



Knowledge without Evidence



Two Ideals



Unstable Knowledge



Agrippa's Trilemma



Experience and Reality



Foundations



The Problem of the Basis



Reduction and Inference



Coherence



The Myth of the System



Realism and Truth



Evidence and Entitlement



Knowledge in Context



Seeing and Knowing



Scepticism and Epistemic Priority



Induction



Projection and Conjecture



Relativism



Objectivity and Progress


Conclusion: Epistemology After Scepticism?