Àâòîð: Fred Dretske Íàçâàíèå: Perception, Knowledge and Belief ISBN: 0521777429 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521777421 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Cambridge Academ Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 4156 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: This collection of essays by eminent philosopher Fred Dretske brings together work on the theory of knowledge and philosophy of mind spanning thirty years. The two areas combine to lay the groundwork for a naturalistic philosophy of mind. The fifteen essays focus on perception, knowledge, and consciousness. Together, they show the interconnectedness of Dretske’s work in epistemology and his more contemporary ideas on philosophy of mind, shedding light on the links which can be made between the two. The first section of the book argues the point that knowledge consists of beliefs with the right objective connection to facts; two essays discuss this conception of knowledge’s implications for naturalism. The next section articulates a view of perception, attempting to distinguish conceptual states from phenomenal states. A naturalized philosophy of mind, and thus a naturalized epistemology, is articulated in the third section. This collection will be a valuable resource for a wide range of philosophers and their students, and will also be of interest to cognitive scientists, psychologists, and philosophers of biology.
Àâòîð: Paul Stern Íàçâàíèå: Knowledge and Politics in Plato`s Theaetetus ISBN: 0521884292 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521884297 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Cambridge Academ Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 12293 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: 9780521884297 Paul Stern 2008 228 x 152 mm 328pp 1 Hardback academic researchers, graduate students 52 26.06.2008 "classical philosophy, political theory
Àâòîð: Erik J. Olsson Íàçâàíèå: Knowledge and Inquiry ISBN: 0521845564 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521845564 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Cambridge Academ Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 12293 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: Isaac Levi has explored the principles of American pragmatism in greater depth and more consistency than others before him. The result is a sophisticated and powerful philosophical system whose key elements stand in stark opposition not only to current mainstream epistemology, but also to the positions of other contemporary authors writing in the same pragmatist tradition. The essays in this timely volume, written by some of philosophy’s finest scholars, contribute substantially to the understanding and appraisal of Levi’s work. Included in this volume are Levi’s extensive and provocative replies to his critics, which offer unique access to his current thinking on a wide range of topics. The introduction provides a concise, systematic presentation of the cornerstone of Levi’s pragmatism. Suitable for students and scholars who are interested in American pragmatism in general and Isaac Levi’s work in particular, this book is an ideal companion to Levi’s own writings.
Àâòîð: Aviezer Tucker Íàçâàíèå: Our Knowledge of the Past ISBN: 0521834155 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521834155 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Cambridge Academ Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 12293 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: How do historians, comparative linguists, biblical and textual critics and evolutionary biologists establish beliefs about the past? How do they know the past?
This book presents a philosophical analysis of the disciplines that offer scientific knowledge of the past. Using the analytic tools of contemporary epistemology and philosophy of science
the book covers such topics as evidence, theory, methodology, explanation, determination and underdetermination, coincidence, contingency and counterfactuals in historiography.
Aviezer Tucker's central claim is that historiography as a scientific discipline should be thought of as an effort to explain the evidence of past events.
He also emphasizes the
similarity between historiographic methodology to Darwinian evolutionary biology. This is an important, fresh new approach to historiography and will be read by philosophers, historians
and social scientists interested in the methodological foundations of their disciplines.
Àâòîð: John I. Jenkins Íàçâàíèå: Knowledge and Faith in Thomas Aquinas ISBN: 0521044014 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521044011 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Cambridge Academ Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 6145 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: This book offers a revisionary account of key epistemological concepts and doctrines of St Thomas Aquinas, particularly his concept of scientia (science), and proposes an interpretation of the purpose and composition of Aquinas’s most mature and influential work, the Summa theologiae, which presents the scientia of sacred doctrine, i.e. Christian theology. Contrary to the standard interpretation of it as a work for neophytes in theology, Jenkins argues that it is in fact a pedagogical work intended as the culmination of philosophical and theological studies of very gifted students. Jenkins considers our knowledge of the principles of a science. He argues that rational assent to the principles of sacred doctrine, the articles of faith, is due to the influence of grace on one’s cognitive powers, because of which one is able immediately to apprehend these propositions as divinely revealed. His study will be of interest to readers in philosophy, theology and medieval studies.
Îïèñàíèå: If we know something, do we always know it through something else? Does this mean that the chain of knowledge should continue infinitely? Or, rather, should we abandon this approach and ask how we acquire knowledge? Irrespective of the fact that very basic questions concerning human knowledge have been formulated in various ways in different historical and philosophical contexts, philosophers have been surprisingly unanimous concerning the point that structures of knowledge should not be infinite. In order for there to be knowledge, there must be at least some primary elements which may be called ‘starting points’.This book offers the first synoptic study of how the primary elements in knowledge structures were analysed in antiquity from Plato to late ancient commentaries, the main emphasis being on the Platonic-Aristotelian tradition. It argues that, in the Platonic-Aristotelian tradition, the question of starting points was treated from two distinct points of view: from the first perspective, as a question of how we acquire basic knowledge; and from the second perspective, as a question of the premises we may immediately accept in the line of argumentation. It was assumed that we acquire some general truths rather naturally and that these function as starting points for inquiry. In the Hellenistic period, an alternative approach was endorsed: the very possibility of knowledge became a central issue when sceptics began demanding that true claims should always be distinguishable from false ones.
Àâòîð: Berkeley Íàçâàíèå: Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues ISBN: 0192835491 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780192835499 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Oxford Academ Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 1625 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: Berkeley`s idealism started a revolution in philosophy, influencing philosophers from Hume to Russell and setting the scene for Hegel and even Marx. This edition of his two key works has an introduction which examines and in part defends his arguments for idealism and includes philosophical notes.
Àâòîð: Jonathan L. Kvanvig Íàçâàíèå: The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding ISBN: 0521827132 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521827133 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Cambridge Academ Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 14100 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: Epistemology has for a long time focused on the concept of knowledge and tried to answer questions such as whether knowledge is possible and how much
of it there is. Often missing from this inquiry, however, is a discussion on the value of knowledge. In The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding Jonathan Kvanvig argues
that epistemology properly conceived cannot ignore the question of the value of knowledge.
He also questions one of the most fundamental assumptions in epistemology,
namely that knowledge is always more valuable than the value of its subparts. Taking Platos' Meno as a starting point of his discussion, Kvanvig tackles the different arguments about
the value of knowledge and comes to the conclusion that knowledge is less valuable than generally assumed. Clearly written and well argued, the book will appeal to students and
professionals in epistemology.
Àâòîð: Leon Pompa Íàçâàíèå: Human Nature and Historical Knowledge ISBN: 0521892201 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521892209 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Cambridge Academ Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 4518 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: This book presents a study of the nature and conditions of historical knowledge, conducted through a study of the relevant theories of Hume, Hegel and Vico. It is usually thought that in order to establish historical facts, we have to have a theory of human nature to support our arguments. Hume, Hegel and Vico all subscribed to this view, and are therefore discussed in detail. Professor Pompa goes on to argue that there is in fact no way of discovering anything about human nature except through historical investigation. It is necessary therefore to find a different way of thinking about how we discover historical facts. This is done in the last chapter where, in opposition to almost all present views, it is argued that we must have a framework of inherited knowledge before we can believe in anything which results from historical enquiry.
Àâòîð: Jonathan L. Kvanvig Íàçâàíèå: The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding ISBN: 0521037867 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521037860 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Cambridge Academ Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 7048 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: Epistemology has for a long time focused on the concept of knowledge and tried to answer questions such as whether knowledge is possible and how much of it there is. Often missing from this inquiry, however, is a discussion on the value of knowledge. In The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding Jonathan Kvanvig argues that epistemology properly conceived cannot ignore the question of the value of knowledge. He also questions one of the most fundamental assumptions in epistemology, namely that knowledge is always more valuable than the value of its subparts. Taking Platos’ Meno as a starting point of his discussion, Kvanvig tackles the different arguments about the value of knowledge and comes to the conclusion that knowledge is less valuable than generally assumed. Clearly written and well argued, the book will appeal to students and professionals in epistemology.
Îïèñàíèå: This collection, with essays by Graham H. Bird, Jaakko Hintikka, Ilkka Niiniluoto, Jan Wolenski, will interest graduate students of the philosophy of language and logic, as well as professional philosophers, historians of analytic philosophy, and philosophically inclined logicians. Language, Truth and Knowledge brings together 11 new essays that offer a wealth of insights on a number of Carnap's concerns and ideas. The volume arose out of a symposium on Carnap's work at an international conference held in Vienna in 2001. The essays are written from a variety of perspectives: -some essays aim at rebutting influential criticisms directed at Carnap's views; -others examine and assess his thought in the light of recent developments in the neurosciences; -still others are historical and describe the development of Carnap's thought; -they all shed light on the relation of this thought and different philosophical traditions. These essays form a collection that will prove a valuable resource for our understanding of the historic Carnap and the living philosophical issues with which he grappled.
Îïèñàíèå: What is truth? This fascinating spectrum of studies into the various rationalities of our human dealings with life - psychological, aesthetic, economic, spiritual - reveals their joints and calls for a new approach to truth. Putting both classical and contemporary conceptions aside, we find the primogenital ground of truth in the networks of correspondences, adequations, relevancies, and rationales at work in life's becoming. Does this plurivocal differentiation mean that the status of truth is relative? On the contrary, submits Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, given the universal significance of the crucial instrument of the logos of life, "truth is the vortex of life's ontopoietic unfolding".
