Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge

Ignorance and Moral Obligation concerns whether and how our ignorance about ourselves and our circumstances affects what our moral obligations and moral rights are.

Tamar Gendler draws together in this book a series of essays in which she investigates philosophical methodology, which is now emerging as a central topic of philosophical discussions.

What is the role of consciousness in our mental lives?

Sextus Empiricus was the voice of ancient Greek skepticism for posterity.

Sextus Empiricus was the voice of ancient Greek skepticism for posterity.

Learning to Look is a wandering journey through the nature of art - and the ways it can transform us, if we let it.

Learning to Look is a wandering journey through the nature of art - and the ways it can transform us, if we let it.

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?

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?

This book is about knowledge and its value.

This book is about knowledge and its value.

Modern medicine is one of humankind's greatest achievements.

Modern medicine is one of humankind's greatest achievements.

More than at any other time in human history, we live in an age defined by movement and mobility; and yet, we lack a unifying theory which takes this seriously as a starting point for philosophy.

More than at any other time in human history, we live in an age defined by movement and mobility; and yet, we lack a unifying theory which takes this seriously as a starting point for philosophy.

Illuminating the Mind puts the field of Buddhist epistemology in conversation with contemporary debates in philosophy.

Illuminating the Mind puts the field of Buddhist epistemology in conversation with contemporary debates in philosophy.

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

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

We are women, we are men.

Can only science deliver genuine knowledge about the world and ourselves?

Things: In Touch with the Past explores the value of artifacts that have survived from the past and that can be said to "e;embody"e; their histories.

Things: In Touch with the Past explores the value of artifacts that have survived from the past and that can be said to "e;embody"e; their histories.

Imagine you are sitting at Starbuck glancing at the blue coffee mug in front of you.

The Oxford Handbook of Berkeley is a compendious examination of a vast array of topics in the philosophy of George Berkeley (1685-1753), Anglican Bishop of Cloyne, the famous idealist and most illustrious Irish philosopher.

The Oxford Handbook of Berkeley is a compendious examination of a vast array of topics in the philosophy of George Berkeley (1685-1753), Anglican Bishop of Cloyne, the famous idealist and most illustrious Irish philosopher.

The capacity to speak is not only the ability to pronounce words, but the socially-recognized capacity to make one's words count in various ways.

The capacity to speak is not only the ability to pronounce words, but the socially-recognized capacity to make one's words count in various ways.

John Stuart Mill was one of the most important and influential philosophers of the nineteenth century.

John Stuart Mill was one of the most important and influential philosophers of the nineteenth century.

Since the heyday of ordinary language philosophy, Anglophone epistemologists have devoted a great deal of attention to the English word 'know' and to English sentences used to attribute knowledge.

Since the heyday of ordinary language philosophy, Anglophone epistemologists have devoted a great deal of attention to the English word 'know' and to English sentences used to attribute knowledge.

What does it mean to understand something?

What does it mean to understand something?

Naturalistic cognitive science, when realistically rendered, rightly maintains that to think is to deploy contentful mental representations.

Naturalistic cognitive science, when realistically rendered, rightly maintains that to think is to deploy contentful mental representations.

This is the first modern edition of the works of Lady Mary Shepherd, one of the most important women philosophers of the early modern period.

This is the first modern edition of the works of Lady Mary Shepherd, one of the most important women philosophers of the early modern period.

Changing our minds isn't easy.

Changing our minds isn't easy.

Teleology is the belief that some things happen, or exist for the sake of other things.

Teleology is the belief that some things happen, or exist for the sake of other things.

If I were a better human being, that person's voice wouldn't sound so shrill to me.

If I were a better human being, that person's voice wouldn't sound so shrill to me.

Making Sense of the World offers original work on the nature of understanding by a range of distinguished philosophers.

Philosophy of science studies the methods, theories, and concepts used by scientists.

Philosophy of science studies the methods, theories, and concepts used by scientists.

There are things we routinely say that may strike us as literally false but that we are nonetheless reluctant to give up.

There are things we routinely say that may strike us as literally false but that we are nonetheless reluctant to give up.

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