Human Knowledge: Classical and Contemporary Approaches - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195041496 ISBN 13: 9780195041491

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1987

Synopsis

This collection of readings deftly blends the foremost classical sources with important contemporary philosophical thinkers to present a far-reaching examination of the theory of knowledge. Formative voices of epistemology from Ancient Greek Philosphy, Medieval Philosophy, Classical Modern Philosophy, Pragmatism, and Contemporary Analytic Philosophy are amply represented. Organized chronologically, Human Knowledge presents an impressive collection of non-technical essays from Plato, Aristotle, Sextus Empiricus, Augustine, Aquinas, Ockham, Descartes, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, James, Dewey, Lewis, Rorry, Quine, Chisolm, Putnam, Gettier, and many others. Each chapter is preceded by an introductory overview and helpful, up-to-date bibliographies provide students of all levels with guides to supplemental readings.

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About the Author

Paul K. Moser is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author of: The God Relationship (Cambridge University Press, 2017), The Elusive God (Cambridge UP, 2009, winner of a national book award in philosophy from the Jesuit Honor Society), The Evidence for God (Cambridge UP, 2010), The Severity of God (Cambridge UP, 2013), Knowledge and Evidence (Cambridge UP, 1989), and Philosophy after Objectivity (Oxford UP, 1997), co-author of Theory of Knowledge (Oxford UP, 1997), editor of Jesus and Philosophy (Cambridge UP, 2008) and The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology (Oxford UP, 2002), and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to the Problem of Evil (Cambridge UP, forthcoming 2017) and The Wisdom of the Christian Faith (Cambridge UP, 2013). He is the co-editor of the book series Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society. His book Understanding Religious Experience will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. He is now writing a book titled Testing for God's Reality: A Neglected Spiritual Discipline.

Review

"Excellent collection!"--Robert Tucker, Florida Southern College

"Well-chosen selections. Excellent text for courses based on original readings. Good balance of historical and contemporary sources."--Thomas Satre, Sam Houston State University

"The best anthology of its type."--G.A. Spangler, California State University

"I like the improved selections on contemporary epistemology. Lyotard works well with William James."--Anthony Graybosck, California State University-Chico

"It's an improvement over the first edition. Includes critical parts of Theaetetus left out of the first. Puts Locke's Essay... before Leibniz's New Essays, much more appropriate than the reverse. Selection and arrangement of the papers on pragmatism and empiricism is much improved--including
Russell and Ayer was a good idea, as was dropping Dewey and Rorty. Shortening the Analysis of Knowledge section and re-doing the Justified Belief section were good ideas too. I'm happy to see the section on scepticism, strangely omitted from the 1st edition."--Ralph Kennedy, Wake Forrest
University

"Excellent choice of sources... Good index and bibliographies."--William E. Murnion, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195041496
• ISBN 13: 9780195041491
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 418
• Editor: Moser Paul K., Vander Nat Arnold