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Autore: | Norris Christopher |
Titolo: | Epistemology [[electronic resource]] |
Pubblicazione: | London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (219 p.) |
Disciplina: | 121 |
Soggetto topico: | Knowledge, Theory of |
Logic | |
Ontology | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Staying for an Answer: truth, knowledge and the Rumsfeld creed; 2 Realism, Reference and Possible Worlds; 3 'Fog Over Channel, Continent Isolated': epistemology in the 'two traditions'; 4 Response-Dependence: what's in it for the realist?; 5 Making for Truth: some problems with virtue-based epistemology; Concluding Scientific-Realist Postscript; Notes; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Key Concepts in Philosophy is a series of concise, accessible and engaging introductions to the core ideas and topics encountered in the study of philosophy. Specially written to meet the needs of students and those with little prior knowledge of the subject, these books open up a whole range of important, yet often difficult ideas. The series builds to give a solid grounding in philosophy and each book is also ideal as a companion to further study.Epistemology - inquiry into the nature, possibility and scope of human knowledge - has been at the heart of the philosophy from ancient Greek times |
Titolo autorizzato: | Epistemology |
ISBN: | 1-283-20779-6 |
9786613207791 | |
1-4411-9389-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910789776203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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