Epistemic Ecology
$168.04
- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
24 June 2025
Summary
An ecological epistemology arguing that epistemic agents, communities, and environments adapt to one another to generate evolving understandings of the world.
Mainstream epistemology focuses on static states. In Epistemic Ecology, Catherine Elgin adopts a dynamic stance, viewing epistemic subjects as agents rather than onlookers. She examines how, individually and collectively, we construct our epistemic practices, policies, principles, and procedures to overcome our limitati…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262551717 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262551713 |
| Author: | Catherine Z. Elgin |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Catherine Z. Elgin
Catherine Z. Elgin is Professor of the Philosophy of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is the author of True Enough, Considered Judgment, Between the Absolute and the Arbitrary, and With Reference to Reference and coauthor with Nelson Goodman of Reconceptions in Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences.
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