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. Ed(S): Fischer, Bob; Leon, Felipe - Modal Epistemology After Rationalism - 9783319443072 - V9783319443072
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Modal Epistemology After Rationalism

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Description for Modal Epistemology After Rationalism Hardback. Editor(s): Fischer, Bob; Leon, Felipe. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 637.
This collection highlights the new trend away from rationalism and toward empiricism in the epistemology of modality. Accordingly, the book represents a wide range of positions on the empirical sources of modal knowledge. Readers will find an introduction that surveys the field and provides a brief overview of the work, which progresses from empirically-sensitive rationalist accounts to fully empiricist accounts of modal knowledge. Early chapters focus on challenges to rationalist theories, essence-based approaches to modal knowledge, and the prospects for naturalizing modal epistemology. The middle chapters present positive accounts that reject rationalism, but which stop short of advocating exclusive appeal ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319443072
SKU
V9783319443072
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About . Ed(S): Fischer, Bob; Leon, Felipe
Bob Fischer is an assistant professor of philosophy at Texas State University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago and works on problems in modal epistemology and applied ethics. He is co-editor of The Moral Complexities of Eating Meat (Oxford University Press, 2015), editor of College Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2016), and author of Modal Justification via Theories (Springer, forthcoming).  Felipe ... Read more

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