To Know or Not to Know
Mr Jan Srzednicki
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Hardback. Studies the theory of knowledge and asserts that all such work is based on the false assumption that what makes knowledge possible is in itself knowable in some way. This book says that it is necessary to seek the basis of the possibility of knowledge on entirely different levels. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
l. THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF EPISTEMOLOGY There is a philosophical issue that surely precedes all other possible questions. It concerns the very possibility of our thinking about some thing to some purpose. Short of this no philosophy, theory or research would be possible. But it is not immediately clear that we are assured that what purports to be effective thought, and cognition is such in reality. What guarantee is there for instance that when one is under the impression that one is thinking that "the cat is on the mat" it is in fact the case that one is thinking ... Read more
l. THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF EPISTEMOLOGY There is a philosophical issue that surely precedes all other possible questions. It concerns the very possibility of our thinking about some thing to some purpose. Short of this no philosophy, theory or research would be possible. But it is not immediately clear that we are assured that what purports to be effective thought, and cognition is such in reality. What guarantee is there for instance that when one is under the impression that one is thinking that "the cat is on the mat" it is in fact the case that one is thinking ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792329091
SKU
V9780792329091
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