Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780521117524
Publisert
2009-07-30
Utgiver
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
430 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288
Forfatter
Review of the hardback: 'A model of clarity and an exemplary piece of philosophy.' The Time Literary Supplement
A central theme of this book is that the main problems of philosophy and certainly the main traditional problems in the theory of knowledge, concern the space between language and the world. Professor Danto distinguishes between descriptive concepts, concerned with saying how the world is and semantic concepts, which have to do with the application of descriptions of the world. Failure to make these distinctions is responsible for a class of seemingly irresolvable disputes over the foundations of knowledge; but when the distinction is appreciated, a plausible philosophical theory of what it is to know the world can be framed which is free from the standard scepticisms.
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Preface; 1. Knowledge claims; 2. Direct knowledge; 3. Being mistaken; 4. Knowledge and belief; 5. Adequate evidence and rules; 6. Knowledge and understanding; 7. Quests for certainty; 8. The refutation of scepticism; 9. Experience and existence; 10. Language and the world; 11. Truth; Index.
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A discussion of the space between language and the world which has resulted in the problems of philosophy and theories of knowledge.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780521117524
Publisert
2009-07-30
Utgiver
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
430 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288
Forfatter