Knowledge
A Very Short Introduction
$28.74
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2014
Summary
What is knowledge? How does it differ from mere belief? Do you need to be able to justify a claim in order to count as knowing it? How can we know that the outer world is real and not a dream?
Questions like these are ancient ones, and the branch of philosophy dedicated to answering them - epistemology - has been active for thousands of years. In this thought-provoking Very Short Introduction, Jennifer Nagel considers these classic questions alongside new puzzles arising from recent d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199661268 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 019966126X |
| Author: | Jennifer Nagel |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 131g |
| Dimensions: | 172mm x 114mm x 8mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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I am in love with this series - it’s like having an extended course of study in one’s rucksack or handbag that’s designed to educate the modern polymath.
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About The Author
Jennifer Nagel
Jennifer Nagel is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Chair at the University of Toronto. Her research covers both historical and contemporary topics in epistemology. She has published on scepticism and empirical knowledge in Descartes and Locke and has also written a series of articles on intuitive ascriptions of knowledge.
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