Skepticism and the Definition of Knowledge (Routledge Library Editions: Epistemology) - Hardcover

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Harman, Gilbert

 
9781138910133: Skepticism and the Definition of Knowledge (Routledge Library Editions: Epistemology)
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ISBN 10: 1138910139 ISBN 13: 9781138910133
Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Originally published in 1990. This study argues that scepticism is an intelligible view and that the issue scepticism raises is whether or not certain sceptical hypotheses are as plausible as the ordinary views we accept. It discusses psychological concepts, definitions of knowledge, belief and hypothetic inference (inference to the best explanation). Starting from ‘Is skepticism a problem for epistemology’, the book takes us through the argument for the possibility of scepticism, including looking at sense data and considering memory and perception.

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About the Author

Gilbert Harman teaches at Princeton University, USA. He has published on statistical learning theory and moral philosophy as well as reasoning and recently co-edited A Companion to W. V. O. Quine (Wiley Blackwell)

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138910139
ISBN 13 
9781138910133
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
186

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