Knowledge and Justification

John L. Pollock (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

362 Seiten

2015
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-61827-2 (ISBN)

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One of the most firmly entrenched beliefs of contemporary philosophy is that the only way to analyze a concept is to state its truth conditions. In epistemology this has led to the search for reductive analyses, to phenomenalism, behaviorism, and their analogues in other areas of knowledge. Arguing that these attempts at reductive analysis have invariably failed, John L. Pollock defends an alternative theory of conceptual analysis in this book. The author suggests that concepts should be analyzed in terms of their justification conditions rather than their truth conditions. After laying a theoretical foundation for this alternative scheme of analysis, Professor Pollock applies his theory in proposing solutions to a number of traditional epistemological problems. Among the areas of knowledge discussed are perception, knowledge of the past, induction, knowledge of other minds, and a priori knowledge. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Chapter One. What Is an Epistemological Problem?, pg. 1*Chapter Two. The Structure of Epistemic Justification, pg. 23*Chapter Three. Theories of Perceptual Knowledge, pg. 50*Chapter Four. Incorrigibility, pg. 71*Chapter Five. Perceptual Attributes, pg. 80*Chapter Six. The Reidentification of Physical Things, pg. 134*Chapter Seven. Memory and Historical Knowledge, pg. 175*Chapter Eight. Induction, pg. 204*Chapter Nine. The Concept of a Person, pg. 249*Chapter Ten. Truths of Reason, pg. 300*References, pg. 341*Index, pg. 347

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.3.2015
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 235 mm
Gewicht	482 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
ISBN-10	0-691-61827-5 / 0691618275
ISBN-13	978-0-691-61827-2 / 9780691618272
Zustand	Neuware