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Groundless Belief
Michael Williams
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Description for Groundless Belief
Paperback. Launches an all-out attack on what it calls "phenomenalism," the idea that our knowledge of the world rests on a perceptual or experiential foundation. This book states that the wider-than-normal usage of the term "phenomenalism" is to call attention to important continuities of thought between theories often thought to be competitors. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
Inspired by the work of Wilfrid Sellars, Michael Williams launches an all-out attack on what he calls "phenomenalism," the idea that our knowledge of the world rests on a perceptual or experiential foundation. The point of this wider-than-normal usage of the term "phenomenalism," according to which even some forms of direct realism deserve to be called phenomenalistic, is to call attention to important continuities of thought between theories often thought to be competitors. Williams's target is not phenomenalism in its classical sense-datum and reductionist form but empiricism generally. Williams examines and rejects the idea that, unless our beliefs are answerable ... Read more
Inspired by the work of Wilfrid Sellars, Michael Williams launches an all-out attack on what he calls "phenomenalism," the idea that our knowledge of the world rests on a perceptual or experiential foundation. The point of this wider-than-normal usage of the term "phenomenalism," according to which even some forms of direct realism deserve to be called phenomenalistic, is to call attention to important continuities of thought between theories often thought to be competitors. Williams's target is not phenomenalism in its classical sense-datum and reductionist form but empiricism generally. Williams examines and rejects the idea that, unless our beliefs are answerable ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691009070
SKU
V9780691009070
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About Michael Williams
Michael Williams is Charles and Emma Morrison Professor of Humanities at Northwestern University.
Reviews for Groundless Belief
"[An] intriguing work... Williams has an array of deft, decisive arguments directed at the views of Lewis, Ayer, Chisholm, Sellars, Bennett, et al... Tightly argued."
Alan Hart, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
Alan Hart, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research