Belief and Knowledge Format: Paperback

Sayre, Kenneth M.

ISBN 10: 0847684733 / ISBN 13: 9780847684731

Published by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1997

Brand New. Seller Inventory # 9780847684731

Synopsis:

Contesting much contemporary epistemology and cognitive science, noted philosopher Kenneth M. Sayre argues that, while some cognitive attitudes such as believing take propositions as objects, there are many others (knowing, hoping, fearing, etc.) whose objects are instead states of affairs. Therefore, knowledge cannot be belief with other factors such as justification added, nor can hope and fear be relations a subject bears to neuronal brain states functioning as propositional representations. To support these claims Sayre undertakes a detailed exploration of belief and knowledge and traces the relations of cognitive attitudes to a network of related concepts like certainty, truth, representation, and intentionality. His findings not only challenge current orthodoxy but open new paths of research in epistemology and cognitive science.

About the Author: Kenneth M. Sayre is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and the author of fifteen previous books on subjects ranging from artificial intelligence to Platonic dialogues.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Belief and Knowledge Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New