The Nature and Value of Knowledge: Three Investigations - Couverture souple

Pritchard, Duncan

 
9780199655151: The Nature and Value of Knowledge: Three Investigations
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0199655154 ISBN 13 : 9780199655151
Editeur : Oxford University Press, Usa, 2012

Synopsis

This volume comprises three distinct investigations into the relationship between the nature and the value of knowledge. Each is written by one of the authors in consultation with the other two. 'Knowledge and Understanding' (by Duncan Pritchard) critically examines virtue-theoretic responses to the problem of the value of knowledge, and argues that the finally valuable cognitive state is not knowledge but understanding. 'Knowledge and Recognition' (by Alan Millar) develops an account of knowledge in which the idea of a recognitional ability plays a prominent role, and argues that this account enables us better to understand knowledge and its value. 'Knowledge and Action' (by Adrian Haddock) argues for an account of knowledge and justification which explains why knowledge is valuable, and enables us to make sense of the knowledge we have of our intentional actions.

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À propos de l?auteur

Duncan Pritchard is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. His work is mainly in the area of epistemology, in which he has published widely. His books include Epistemic Luck, What is this Thing Called Knowledge?, and Knowledge.

Alan Millar has taught philosophy for many years, and is now a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Stirling. He is the author of Reasons and Experience (Oxford University Press, 1991), Understanding People: Normativity and Rationalizing Explanation (Oxford University Press, 2004), and articles mainly in the philosophy of mind and the theory of knowledge.

Adrian Haddock is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Stirling. He has published essays on action, knowledge, and idealism.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press, Usa
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199655154
ISBN 13 
9780199655151
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
286
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ISBN 10 :  0199586268 ISBN 13 :  9780199586264
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2010
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