What Can We Know?: An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge

Pojman, Louis

ISBN 10: 0534248349 / ISBN 13: 9780534248345

Published by Wadsworth, 1995

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340 pages including glossary & index; 9.25" tall; scattered small marks in margins; waviness to book; slight lean to spine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Can We Know?: An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge
• Publisher: Wadsworth
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534248349
• ISBN 13: 9780534248345
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: 1st ptg.
• Condition: good+
• Book Type: Paperback
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

This text analyzes the central topics in epistemology such as truth, justification, and belief. The coverage is comprehensive, ranging from skepticism to religious belief (belief and acceptance). The most comprehensive textbook in the field, it is written in a friendly, conversational manner without unnecessary philosophical jargon or needless logical symbols.

About the Author

Louis P. Pojman (1935-2005) was Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at the United States Military Academy and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary/Columbia University. He was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Copenhagen and a Rockefeller Fellow at Hamburg University. He received his D.Phil. in Philosophy from Oxford University in 1997.His first position was at the University of Notre Dame, after which he taught at the University of Texas at Dallas. Later, at the University of Mississippi, he served for three years as Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. In 1995, he became Professor of Philosophy at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He most recently was Visiting Professor at Brigham Young University in Utah and Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall, Oxford University. Pojman won several research and teaching awards, including the Burlington Northern Award for Outstanding Teaching and Scholarship (1988) and the Outstanding Scholar/Teacher in the Humanities at the University of Mississippi (1994). He wrote in the areas of philosophy of religion, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy and authored or edited more than 30 books and 100 articles. Pojman passed away in 2005.