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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784808803321

Autore

Gaus Gerald F

Titolo

Justificatory liberalism [[electronic resource] ] : an essay on epistemology and political theory / / Gerald F. Gaus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

0-19-773361-1

1-280-52783-8

0-19-535745-0

1-4294-1584-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (391 p.)

Collana

Oxford political theory

Disciplina

320.01

320.513

Soggetti

Liberalism

Social contract

Justification (Theory of knowledge)

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. INTRODUCTORY: EPISTEMOLOGY AND POLITICAL THEORY; PART I-PERSONAL JUSTIFICATION; PART II-PUBLIC JUSTIFICATION; PART III-POLITICAL JUSTIFICATION; APPENDIX: LIBERAL PRINCIPLES IN A WORLD OF STATES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on current work in epistemology and cognitive psychology, this treatise develops a theory of personally justified belief. Building on this, it then advances an account of public justification that is more normative and less ""populist"" than the views of political liberals.