科学認識論入門 Scientific Epistemology : An Introduction

Kornblith, Hilary

Oxford University Press Inc（2022/02発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 184 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780197609552
• DDC分類 121

Full Description

Epistemology has traditionally been motivated by a desire to respond to skeptical challenges. The skeptic presents an argument for the view that knowledge is impossible, and the theorist of knowledge is called upon to explain why we should think, contrary to the skeptic, that it is genuinely possible to gain knowledge. Traditional theories of knowledge offer responses to the skeptic which fail to draw on the resources of the sciences. This is no simple oversight; there are principled reasons why such resources are thought to be unavailable to the theorist of knowledge.

This book takes a different approach. After arguing that appeals to science are not illegitimate in responding to skepticism, this book shows how the sciences offer an illuminating perspective on traditional questions about the nature and possibility of knowledge. This book serves as an introduction to a scientifically informed approach to the theory of knowledge. This book is a vital resource for students and scholars interested in epistemology and its connections to recent development in cognitive science.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface

1. The Threat of Skepticism
2. The Phenomenon of Knowledge
3. Knowledge from the Outside: The Third-Person Perspective
4. Knowledge from the Inside: The First-Person Perspective
5. From the Individual to the Social
6. Conclusion: Born to Know

Notes
References
Index