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UNINA9910788158303321 |
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Freitag Wolfgang <1972-> |
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I know : modal epistemology and scepticism / / Wolfgang Freitag |
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Münster : , : Mentis, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Modality (Theory of knowledge) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index. |
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Scepticism, the view that knowledge is impossible, threatens our conception of ourselves as epistemic subjects as much as it endangers our conception of the external world. The book develops a modal account of knowledge and provides an answer to scepticism based on a detailed examination of the main sceptical argument. It discusses prominent contemporary theories of knowledge, in particular safety and sensitivity theories, and shows that they cannot handle Gettier-type examples of a new kind. An alternative analysis of knowledge in terms of relevantly normal possibilities is developed. The sceptical argument addressed aims to show that we cannot know ordinary things because we cannot rule out that we are in a sceptical scenario. Classical responses, like dogmatism, non-closure theories, and epistemic contextualism, are explored and rejected as unnecessary for a refutation of the sceptical argument. A detailed investigation reveals, first, that the failure to know that we are not in a sceptical scenario does not conflict with ordinary knowledge, but only with knowledge that we know, and, second, that we can indeed know that we are not in a sceptical scenario. It is therefore claimed not only that we know, but also that we know that we know. |
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UNINA9910956158803321 |
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Ajami Fouad |
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The Syrian rebellion / / Fouad Ajami |
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Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2012 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (261 p.) |
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Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 624 |
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Political violence - Syria - History - 21st century |
Protest movements - Syria - History - 21st century |
Syria History Civil War, 2011- |
Syria Politics and government 2000- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order"--Title page verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Prologue : the inheritor -- Come the mountain people -- The time of the founder -- False dawn -- The boys of Deraa -- The phantoms of Hama -- The truth of the sects -- Sarajevo on the Orontes -- The stalemate -- Dreaming of home : a note on the exiles -- Fragments of a past mourned and dreaded. |
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Fouad Ajami offers a detailed historical perspective on the current rebellion in Syria. Focusing on the similarities and differences in skills between former dictator Hafez al-Assad and his successor son, Bashar, Ajami explains how an irresistible force clashed with an immovable object: the regime versus people who conquered fear to challenge a despot of unspeakable cruelty. |
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