Scientific Epistemology: An Introduction

Scientific Epistemology: An Introduction - Paperback

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Scientific Epistemology: An Introduction - Paperback

Scientific Epistemology: An Introduction - Paperback

by Hilary Kornblith
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Book Overview

by Hilary Kornblith (Author)

Epistemology has traditionally been motivated by a desire to respond to skeptical challenges. The skeptic presents an argument for the view that knowledge is impossible, and the theorist of knowledge is called upon to explain why we should think, contrary to the skeptic, that it is genuinely possible to gain knowledge. Traditional theories of knowledge offer responses to the skeptic which fail to draw on the resources of the sciences. This is no simple oversight; there are principled reasons why such resources are thought to be unavailable to the theorist of knowledge.

This book takes a different approach. After arguing that appeals to science are not illegitimate in responding to skepticism, this book shows how the sciences offer an illuminating perspective on traditional questions about the nature and possibility of knowledge. This book serves as an introduction to a scientifically informed approach to the theory of knowledge. This book is a vital resource for students and scholars interested in epistemology and its connections to recent development in cognitive science.

Author Biography

Hilary Kornblith is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has written widely on topics in epistemology and related areas of philosophy of mind and metaphysics. He is the author of Inductive Inference and its Natural Ground (1993), Knowledge and its Place in Nature (2002), On Reflection (2012), A Naturalistic Epistemology: Selected Papers (2014), and Second Thoughts and the Epistemological Enterprise (2019).

Number of Pages: 184
Dimensions: 0.42 x 8.35 x 5.64 IN
Publication Date: October 26, 2021
ISBN9780197609569
Author Hilary Kornblith
PublisherOxford University Press
GenreEducation and Philosophy
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages184
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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