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What is this thing called Knowledge? 2nd Edition by Duncan Pritchard is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Suitable for undergraduates, this book tackles the central issues in the theory of knowledge. What is knowledge? -- Some preliminaries -- Types of knowledge -- Two basic requirements on knowledge : truth and belief -- Knowing versus merely getting it right -- A brief remark on truth -- The value of knowledge -- Why care about knowledge? -- The instrumental value of true belief -- The value of knowledge -- The statues of Daedalus -- Is some knowledge intrinsically valuable? -- Defining knowledge -- The problem of the criterion -- Methodism and particularism -- Knowledge as justifed true belief -- Gettier cases -- Responding to the gettier cases -- Back to the problem of the criterion -- The structure of knowledge -- Knowledge and justification -- The enigmatic nature of justification -- Agrippa's trilemma -- Infinitism -- Coherentism -- Foundationalism -- Rationality -- Rationality, justification, and knowledge -- Epistemic rationality and the goal of truth -- The goal(s) of epistemic rationality -- The (un)importance of epistemic rationality -- Rationality and responsibility -- Epistemic internalism/externalism -- Virtues and faculties -- Reliabilism -- A gettier problem for reli
Who reads What is this thing called Knowledge? 2nd Edition?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Duncan Pritchard
- Publisher
- Routledge ; Taylor & Francis [distributor
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780203852484
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Anthropology, Humanities
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