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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824177903321

Autore

Plantinga Alvin

Titolo

Warrant and proper function / / Alvin Plantinga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

1-282-32813-1

9786612328138

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 243 pages)

Disciplina

121/.6

Soggetti

Belief and doubt

Cognition

Knowledge, Theory of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this companion volume to Warrant: The Current Debate, Alvin Plantinga develops an original approach to the question of epistemic warrant; that is what turns true belief into knowledge. He argues that what is crucial to warrant is the proper functioning  of one's cognitive faculties in the right kind of cognitive environment. Although this book is in some sense a sequel to its companion volume, the arguments do not presuppose those of the first book and it stands alone as a stimulating contribution to epistemology.