Human knowledge : classical and contemporary approaches
by
Moser, Paul K., (ed.)
Title
:
Human knowledge : classical and contemporary approaches
Author
:
Moser, Paul K., (ed.)
ISBN
:
9780195149661
Edition
:
3rd. ed.
Publication Information
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2003
Physical Description
:
ix, 582 pages ; ǂc 24 cm
Contents
:
General Introduction: Human Knowledge -- Its Nature, Sources, and Limits. Part I: Classical sources -- Greek and Medieval Sources: Plato, "Meno", "Phaedo", "Republic". "Theaetetus"; Aristotle, Posterior Analytics -- "De Anima"; Sextus Empiricus, "Outlines of Pyrrhonism"; Augustine, "Contra Academicos", "De Civitas Dei"; Thomas Aquinas, "Summa Theologiae". Early Modern Sources: Rene Descartes, "Meditations on First Philosophy"; John Locke, "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding"; Gottfried Leibniz, "Introduction to New Essays on the Human Understanding"; George Berkeley, "A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge"; David Hume, "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" Thomas Reid, "An Inquiry into the Human Mind" Immanuel Kant, "Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics". Part II Contemporary sources: Pragmatism and Empiricism: William James, "The Will to Believe"; Bertrand Russell, "Appearance, Reality, and Knowledge By Acquaintance"; A.J. Ayer, "Verification and Philosophy; Clarence Irving Lewis, "The Pragmatic Element in Knowledge"; Rudolf Carnap, "Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology"; W.V. Quine, "Two Dogmas of Empiricism"; Richard Rorty, "Pragmatism, Relativism, and Irrationalism -- The Analysis of Knowledge"; Edmund Gettier, "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge"?; Richard Feldman, "An Alleged Defect in Gettier Counter-Examples"; John Pollock, "The Gettier Problem -- A Priori Knowledge"; Clarence Irving Lewis. (Part contents).
Abstract
:
Offering a wide-ranging examination of the theory of knowledge, this comprehensive collection deftly blends readings from the foremost classical sources with the work of important contemporary philosophical thinkers. Formative voices of epistemology from ancient Greek philosophy, medieval philosophy, early modern philosophy, classical pragmatism, and contemporary analytic philosophy are amply represented.
Organized chronologically and thematically, this text presents an impressive collection of essays from Plato, Aristotle, Sextus Empiricus, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, James, Russell, Wittgenstein, Carnap, Quine, Gettier, Kripke, and many others. Featuring nontechnical selections that are accessible to undergraduates, this text is ideal for any course that deals with the major philosophical approaches to human knowledge.
With section overviews by the editors - including a substantial general introduction - and helpful, up-to-date bibliographies, this definitive work offers an exceptional introduction to our ancient struggle with the shape of our own intellectual experience.
Subject Term
:
Videnskabsfilosofi
Videnskabshistorie
Videnskabsteori
Erkendelsesteori
Filosofiske klassikere
Knowledge, Theory of.
Added Author
:
Moser, Paul K.,
vander Nat, Arnold,
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| 1:IIEMSA | 1:GEN-BOOK | 33168025756327 | 121 M899H 2003 | 1 |