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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450835103321

Autore

Gupta Anil <1949->

Titolo

Empiricism and experience [[electronic resource] /] / Anil Gupta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-84599-6

0-19-534592-4

1-4294-3865-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Disciplina

146/.44

Soggetti

Experience

Knowledge, Theory of

Empiricism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""1. Two Truisms""; ""2. Some Virtues of Classical Empiricism""; ""3. Interdependent Definitions: An Introduction""; ""4. A Model of Experience and Knowledge""; ""5. Direct Awareness, Semantics, and Solipsism""; ""6. A Reformed Empiricism""; ""7. Removing Idealization""; ""8. Concluding Remarks""; ""Supplement on �Experience�""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

The author asks one of the key questions in philosophy: what is the contribution of experience of knowledge? He uses tools from philosophical logic to show that a natural account of experience is available using the interdependence of views and perceptual judgements.