Knowledge in an Uncertain World is an exploration of the relation
between knowledge, reasons, and justification. According to the
primary argument of the book, you can rely on what you know in action
and belief, because what you know can be a reason you have and you can
rely on the reasons you have. If knowledge doesn't allow for a chance
of error, then this result is unsurprising. But if knowledge does
allow for a chance of error - as seems required if we know much of
anything at all - this result entails the denial of a received
position in epistemology. Because any chance of error, if the stakes
are high enough, can make a difference to what can be relied on, two
subjects with the same evidence and generally the same strength of
epistemic position for a proposition can differ with respect to
whether they are in a position to know. In defending these points,
Fantl and McGrath investigate the ramifications for debates about
epistemological externalism and contextualism, the value and
importance of knowledge, Wittgensteinian hinge propositions,
Bayesianism, and the nature of belief. The book is essential reading
for epistemologists, philosophers who work on reasons and rationality,
philosophers of language and mind, and decision theorists.
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ISBN
9780191609527
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Academic UK
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Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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