Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge

Knowledge ascriptions, such as 'Sam knows that Obama is president of the United States', play a central role in our cognitive and social lives.

Epistemology is one of the oldest, yet still one of the most active, areas of philosophical research today.

On Folk Epistemology explores how we ascribe knowledge to ourselves and others.

This volume collects the best and most influential essays on knowledge, rationality and morality that Stephen Stich has published in the last 40 years.

Originally published in 1916.

The renowned Christian theologian Bernard Lonergan was also a professor, teaching courses on theological method at universities in Canada, the United States, and Italy.

This edited volume brings together 18 state-of-the art essays on pluralism about truth and logic.

This is the most comprehensive book ever published on philosophical methodology.

The present work is the second in a series constituting an extension of my doctoral thesis done at Stanford in the early 1970s.

If a spinning disk casts a round shadow does this shadow also spin?

This text is the first comprehensive attempt in decades to integrate reading into the philosophical discussion of the synthesis of experience more generally.

Wohl nur wenige andere zeitgenössische Philosophen haben die Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften so stark beeinflusst wie Richard Rorty.

The prevailing view among social scientists is that the psyche and the social reside in such disparate domains that their proper study demands markedly incompatible analytical and theoretical approaches.

Contemporary discussions in metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of mind are dominated by the presupposition of naturalism.

Fifteen leading philosophers explore a set of themes from the pioneering work of Gail Fine and Terence Irwin, in ancient philosophy but also in later periods and in systematic philosophy.

In this unique study, Michael Y.

Recent decades have seen a fertile period of theorizing within mainstream epistemology which has had a dramatic impact on how epistemology is done.

Thirteen specially written essays discuss topics from the work of Bas C.

A lively and engaging discussion about the nature of death and the permissibility or otherwise of killing.

This volume covers a wide range of topics that fall under the 'philosophy of quantifiers', a philosophy that spans across multiple areas such as logic, metaphysics, epistemology and even the history of philosophy.

The Routledge Handbook of Love in Philosophy collects 39 original chapters from prominent philosophers on the nature, meaning, value, and predicaments of love, presented in a unique framework that highlights the rich variety of methods and traditions used to engage with these subjects.

This third out of four volumes by Richard Ned Lebow in this book series includes texts on psychology and international relations, causation, counterfactual analysis.

Max Scheler and Nicolai Hartmann developed ethics upon a phenomenological basis.

Some students find philosophy engrossing; others are merely bewildered.

First published in 1977, Georg Lukacs gives an outline of Lukacs' views and explains how they are related to the relevant cultural traditions of his epoch.

What is faith and how does it differ from belief?

In Laboratory Epistemologies: A Hands-On Perspective, Jenny Boulboulle examines the significance of hands-on experiences in contemporary life sciences laboratories.

Probability has fascinated philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians for hundreds of years.

Contemporary copyright was born in a heroic era of human history when technologies facilitated idea dissemination through the book trade reaching out mass readership.

Beziehen die Naturwissenschaften die Geschichte ihrer eigenen Fachbegriffe zumeist ebenso wenig in ihre Epistemologie ein wie sich die stark geisteswissenschaftlich geprägte Begriffsgeschichte lange für Konzepte und Begriffe der Naturwissenschaften interessiert hat, so ergeben sich aus jüngsten Forschungsansätzen der Wissenschaftsgeschichte und den Kulturwissenschaften interessante neue Verbindungen.

Sollen Menschen ihre „normalen“ Eigenschaften verbessern und so die menschliche Natur neu gestalten?

In the era of information and communication, issues of misinformation and miscommunication are more pressing than ever.

Offers the first book-length discussion of debunking arguments in ethics and the reliability of moral judgment.

What bearing do our histories--our influences, what we have done and what has happened to us--have on our responsibility for the actions we take or consider in the present?

The major divide in contemporary epistemology is between those who embrace and those who reject a priori knowledge.

Tolerance - desired by many and often demanded: By UNESCO, by the Pope, by Angela Merkel and Barack Obama.

Recent work on consciousness has featured a number of debates on the existence and character of controversial types of phenomenal experience.

This Element is a study of how the power of imagination, according to Kant, contributes to cognition.

Using COVID-19 as a base, this groundbreaking book brings together several renowned scholars to explore the concept of crisis, and how this global event has shaped the discipline of psychology.

Essays defend, discuss, and critique specific theories of consciousness with respect to various psychopathologies.

This book explores the rise of theoretical physics in 19th century Germany.

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