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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825159103321

Titolo

Basic belief and basic knowledge [[electronic resource] ] : papers in epistemology / / [edited by] René van Woudenberg, Sabine Roeser, Ron Rood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt, : Ontos Verlag, 2005

ISBN

3-11-032751-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Collana

Philosophische Forschung / Philosophical Research ; ; 4

Philosophische Forschung (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; ; Bd. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

WoudenbergRené van

RoeserSabine

RoodRon <1971->

Disciplina

121

Soggetti

Foundationalism (Theory of knowledge)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers grew out of a conference, held at the Dept. of Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, June 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Basic belief and basic knowledge : general issues -- pt. 2. Areas of basic belief and basic knowledge.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last two decades foundationalism has been severely criticized. In response to this various alternatives to it have been advanced, notably coherentism. At the same time new versions of foundationalism were crafted, that were claimed to be immune to the earlier criticisms. This volume contains 12 papers in which various aspects of this dialectic are covered. A number of papers continue the trend to defend foundationalism, and foundationalism's commitment to basic beliefs and basic knowledge, against various attacks. Others aim to show that one important objection against coherentism, viz. that the notion of 'coherence' is too vague to be useful, can be countered.