Testimony: A Philosophical Study - Couverture souple

Coady, C. A. J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198235518 ISBN 13 : 9780198235514

Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 1995

Synopsis

Our trust in the word of others is often dismissed as unworthy, because the illusory ideal of "autonomous knowledge" has prevailed in the debate about the nature of knowledge. Yet we are profoundly dependent on others for a vast amount of what any of us claim to know. Coady explores the nature of testimony in order to show how it might be justified as a source of knowledge, and uses the insights that he has developed to challenge certain widespread assumptions in the areas of history, law, mathematics, and psychology.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

the book is an important event in philosophy ... Coady's work should change the way we think about the nature and scope of human knowledge ... Coady has his answers to the standard problems. Read the book and judge it for yourselves ... excellent book. (M. F. Burnyeat, London Review of Books)

a valuable book, a thorough and systematic study of a much neglected subject (Michael Welbourne, Philosophical Quarterly)

promises to be the standard work on the philosophy of testimony and its applications for a good many years to come (Philosophy)

Biographie de l'auteur

C. A. J. Coady is at University of Melbourne.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, USA
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198235518
• ISBN 13: 9780198235514
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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