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Knowledge and its Limits

Williamson, Timothy
Heftet / 2002 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780199256563
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
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Oxford University Press
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526 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter
Williamson, Timothy

Knowledge and its Limits

Williamson, Timothy
Heftet / 2002 / Engelsk
Williamson, Timothy
Heftet / 2002 / Engelsk
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'radical and challenging . . . without question and important exercise of the "let me show you a new way of looking at things" kind; something we sorely need in epistemology'

Frank Jackson, Australasian Journal of Philosophy

'the best book in epistemology to come out since 1975'

Keith DeRose, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Williamson provides a battery of considerations designed to convince us that the concept of knowledge is the most central and vital member of the family of epistemological concepts ... If Williamson is right, we shall be forced to admit that much recent epistemology is ill-conceived... He also makes important contributions to our understanding of the nature of mind and the relationship of mind to world. Knowledge and its Limits is striking throughout for its clarity, originality of thought, technical sophistication and philosophical breadth ... Careful study of this work will be richly rewarded.

Brian McLaughlin and John Hawthorne, Times Literary Supplement

Knowledge and its Limits presents a systematic new conception of knowledge as a fundamental kind of mental state sensitive to the knower's environment. It makes a major contribution to the debate between externalist and internalist philosophies of mind, and breaks radically with the epistemological tradition of analysing knowledge in terms of true belief. The theory casts light on a wide variety of philosophical issues: the problem of scepticism, the nature of evidence, probability and assertion, the dispute between realism and anti-realism and the paradox of the surprise examination. Williamson relates the new conception to structural limits on knowledge which imply that what can be known never exhausts what is true. The arguments are illustrated by rigorous models based on epistemic logic and probability theory. The result is a new way of doing epistemology for the twenty-first century.
Les mer
Knowledge and its Limits presents a systematic new conception of knowledge as a kind of mental state. Williamson casts light on many philosophical problems: scepticism, evidence, probability and assertion, realism and anti-realism, and the limits of what can be known. The result is a new way of doing epistemology, and a notable contribution also to the philosophy of mind.
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Introduction ; 1. A State of Mind ; 2. Broadness ; 3. Primeness ; 4. Anti-Luminosity ; 5. Margins and Iterations ; 6. An Application ; 7. Sensitivity ; 8. Scepticism ; 9. Evidence ; 10. Evidential Probability ; 11. Assertion ; 12. Structural Unknowability ; Appendices ; Bibliography ; Index
Les mer
`Review from previous edition Newness in philosophy is rare. But this important book offers a boldly original view of the nature of knowledge ... A daring new picture of knowledge is skillfully supported with an argumentative verve that its author, the new professor of logic at Oxford University, has made himself known for ... Throughout, Mr Williamson is bold, ingenious and original; the tradition he opposes appears by contrast stale, scholastic and uninspired ... anyone with a serious interest in philosophy will have much to learn from this challenging book.' The Economist, 26 May 2001
Les mer
A highly original new approach to the theory of knowledge A landmark publication in the field The most important book to date by a leading philosopher
A highly original new approach to the theory of knowledge A landmark publication in the field The most important book to date by a leading philosopher

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'radical and challenging . . . without question and important exercise of the "let me show you a new way of looking at things" kind; something we sorely need in epistemology'

Frank Jackson, Australasian Journal of Philosophy

'the best book in epistemology to come out since 1975'

Keith DeRose, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Williamson provides a battery of considerations designed to convince us that the concept of knowledge is the most central and vital member of the family of epistemological concepts ... If Williamson is right, we shall be forced to admit that much recent epistemology is ill-conceived... He also makes important contributions to our understanding of the nature of mind and the relationship of mind to world. Knowledge and its Limits is striking throughout for its clarity, originality of thought, technical sophistication and philosophical breadth ... Careful study of this work will be richly rewarded.

Brian McLaughlin and John Hawthorne, Times Literary Supplement

Knowledge and its Limits presents a systematic new conception of knowledge as a fundamental kind of mental state sensitive to the knower's environment. It makes a major contribution to the debate between externalist and internalist philosophies of mind, and breaks radically with the epistemological tradition of analysing knowledge in terms of true belief. The theory casts light on a wide variety of philosophical issues: the problem of scepticism, the nature of evidence, probability and assertion, the dispute between realism and anti-realism and the paradox of the surprise examination. Williamson relates the new conception to structural limits on knowledge which imply that what can be known never exhausts what is true. The arguments are illustrated by rigorous models based on epistemic logic and probability theory. The result is a new way of doing epistemology for the twenty-first century.
Les mer
Knowledge and its Limits presents a systematic new conception of knowledge as a kind of mental state. Williamson casts light on many philosophical problems: scepticism, evidence, probability and assertion, realism and anti-realism, and the limits of what can be known. The result is a new way of doing epistemology, and a notable contribution also to the philosophy of mind.
Les mer
Introduction ; 1. A State of Mind ; 2. Broadness ; 3. Primeness ; 4. Anti-Luminosity ; 5. Margins and Iterations ; 6. An Application ; 7. Sensitivity ; 8. Scepticism ; 9. Evidence ; 10. Evidential Probability ; 11. Assertion ; 12. Structural Unknowability ; Appendices ; Bibliography ; Index
Les mer
`Review from previous edition Newness in philosophy is rare. But this important book offers a boldly original view of the nature of knowledge ... A daring new picture of knowledge is skillfully supported with an argumentative verve that its author, the new professor of logic at Oxford University, has made himself known for ... Throughout, Mr Williamson is bold, ingenious and original; the tradition he opposes appears by contrast stale, scholastic and uninspired ... anyone with a serious interest in philosophy will have much to learn from this challenging book.' The Economist, 26 May 2001
Les mer
A highly original new approach to the theory of knowledge A landmark publication in the field The most important book to date by a leading philosopher
A highly original new approach to the theory of knowledge A landmark publication in the field The most important book to date by a leading philosopher

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199256563
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
526 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter
Williamson, Timothy

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