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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784995503321

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

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.

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.