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The Enterprise of Knowledge : an Essay on Knowledge, Credal Probability, and Chance by Isaac Levi. -- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Enterprise of Knowledge : an Essay on Knowledge, Credal Probability, and Chance about?
This major work challenges some widely held positions in epistemology - those of Peirce and Popper on the one hand and those of Quine and Kuhn on the other. The author contends that epistemological infallibilism is compatible with his view that knowledge evolves through a process of updating and correcting. Knowledge is regarded as a resource for decision and inquiry, a standard for serious possibility. Includes bibliographical references and index
Who reads The Enterprise of Knowledge : an Essay on Knowledge, Credal Probability, and Chance?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Isaac Levi. --
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Published
- 1980
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780262620437
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Sociology, Humanities
- Rating
- 3 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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