On Knowing and the Known - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573920509 ISBN 13: 9781573920506

Publisher: Prometheus, 1996

Synopsis

What do we mean when we say we "know" something? What is this knowledge and how do we come by it? What exactly counts as an object of knowledge? And on what basis do we defend our claims to know against thosethe skepticswho deny that knowledge is possible or that our criteria for knowing can ever be satisfied?These questions and many others are addressed in this fascinating collection of essays by leading philosophers, who discuss the nature, meaning, and extent of human knowledge. Included are works by Robert Almeder, William P. Alston, Robert P. Amico, Roderick M. Chisholm, Edmund L. Gettier, Richard Feldman, Peter D. Klein, Keith Lehrer, Kenneth G. Lucey, John Pollock, and others. Several essays are original to this collection and break new ground on such issues as the Problem of the Criterion.

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About the Author

Kenneth G. Lucey is professor of philosophy at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is the author of a Pesky Essays on the Logic of Philosophy  (Springer, 2015), a collection of both new and previously published essays concerning the application of logic to various problems of philosophy. He is also the editor of On Knowing and the Known: Introductory Readings in Epistemology (Prometheus Books, 1996) and of What Is God? The Selected Essays of Richard R. La Croix (Prometheus Books, 1993). He is co-editor, with Tibor Machan, of Recent Work in Philosophy (Rowman and Allanheld, 1983) and has published papers in all his areas of specialization.

Reviews

This thoughtful selection of contemporary articles in epistemology hails from the analytical tradition that dominates American universities. Most were written in the last 30 years, and several were written especially for this collection. Lucey, editor of What Is God (Prometheus, 1993), divides his work into seven sections, each of which is devoted to a specific problem in the field. Each begins with one or two articles that lay out a position; criticism, replies, and articles that otherwise carry the debate follow. The result is an enlightening glimpse of the past 30 years of epistemological discourse. Because the essays are written for professional philosophers, the points being made are highly technical. Strongly recommended for collections supporting graduate work in epistemology.?Robert Bruce Sanders, DePauw Univ., Greencastle, Ind.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Prometheus
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1573920509
• ISBN 13: 9781573920506
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 437
• Editor: Lucey Kenneth G.