LEADER 02976nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910779734203321 005 20230725061530.0 010 $a3-11-032955-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110329551 035 $a(CKB)2550000001097025 035 $a(EBL)1215626 035 $a(OCoLC)851972170 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000801367 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11430532 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000801367 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10793339 035 $a(PQKB)11319747 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1215626 035 $a(DE-B1597)211948 035 $a(OCoLC)1013963526 035 $a(OCoLC)853257712 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110329551 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1215626 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10728680 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL503559 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001097025 100 $a20130717d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIs truth the primary epistemic goal?$b[electronic resource] /$fMarkus Patrick Hess 210 $aFrankfurt $cOntos Verlag$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (169 p.) 225 1 $aEpistemische Studien : Schriften zue Erkenntnis- und Wissenschaftstheorie ;$vBd. 17 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-032938-7 311 $a1-299-72308-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tTable of Contents -- $tAcknowledgments: -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. Can Truth Be an Epistemic Goal? -- $t3. The Value of Truth -- $t4. Requirements of the Truth Goal -- $t5. The Primacy of the Truth Goal -- $t6. Alternative Monism -- $t7. The Value of Knowledge -- $t8. Conclusion -- $t9. Appendix: Overcoming the Problem of Epistemic Relativism -- $tBibliography 330 $aThis book is focused on a problem that has aroused the most controversy in recent epistemological debate, which is whether the truth can or cannot be the fundamental epistemic goal. Traditional epistemology has presupposed the centrality of truth without giving a deeper analysis. To epistemic value pluralists, the claim that truth is the fundamental value seems unjustified. Their central judgement is that we can be in a situation where we do not attain truth but something else that is also epistemically valuable. In contrast, epistemic value monists are committed to the view that one can only 410 0$aEpistemische Studien (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ;$vBd. 17. 606 $aTruth$xPhilosophy 606 $aKnowledge, Theory of 606 $aGoal (Philosophy) 615 0$aTruth$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aKnowledge, Theory of. 615 0$aGoal (Philosophy) 676 $a100 700 $aHess$b Markus Patrick$01499422 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779734203321 996 $aIs truth the primary epistemic goal$93725440 997 $aUNINA