The Routledge companion to epistemology / / edited by Sven Bernecker, Duncan Pritchard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821080803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, 2011; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-88200-6; 0-415-72269-1; 1-136-88201-4; 1-283-04335-1; 1-78034-809-6; 9786613043351; 0-203-83906-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (938 p.)
• Collana: Routledge philosophy companions
• Altri autori (Persone): BerneckerSven; PritchardDuncan
• Disciplina: 121
• Soggetti: Knowledge, Theory of
• 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: pt. 1. Foundational concepts -- pt. 2. The analysis of knowledge -- pt. 3. The structure of knowledge -- pt. 4. Kinds of knowledge -- pt. 5. Skepticism -- pt. 6. Responses to skepticism -- pt. 7. Knowledge and knowledge attributions -- pt. 8. Formal epistemology -- pt. 9. The history of epistemology -- pt. 10. Metaepistemological issues.
• Sommario/riassunto: Epistemology, the philosophy of knowledge, is at the core of many of the central debates and issues in philosophy, interrogating the notions of truth, objectivity, trust, belief and perception. The Routledge Companion to Epistemology provides a comprehensive and the up-to-date survey of epistemology, charting its history, providing a thorough account of its key thinkers and movements, and addressing enduring questions and contemporary research in the field. Organized thematically, the Companion is divided into ten sections: Foundational Issues, The Analysis of Knowledge, T