Contemporary Theories of Knowledge (Rowman & Littlefield Texts in Philosophy)

John L. Pollock,Joseph Cruz

ISBN 10: 0847674533 / ISBN 13: 9780847674534

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 1987

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contemporary Theories of Knowledge (Rowman & Littlefield Texts in Philosophy)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847674533
• ISBN 13: 9780847674534
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Designed as a text for advanced philosophy students, this book introduces the reader to the fundamental issues and approaches in the field of epistemology. The author provides a critical survey and assessment of all major competing theories of knowledge - foundations theories, coherence theories, direct realism, reliabilism and probabilism. Pollock clarifies the dinstinguishing features of each theory and analyzes the arguments supporting or refuting them. He makes a strong case for a particular theory - the nondoxastic internalist theory of direct realism - as the most logically defensible.

About the Author

John L. Pollock is professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona.

Joseph Cruz is assistant professor of philosophy and cognitive science at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.