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KNOWLEDGE AND EVIDENCE
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Paul K. Moser, Ernest Sosa, Jonathan Dancy |
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0521423635 |
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9780521423632 |
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Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
19 July, 1991 |
Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Philosophy |
Pages: |
300 |
Description: |
Paul Moser's book defends what has been an unfashionable view in recent epistemology - the foundationalist account of knowledge and justification. This book develops a new account of perceptual knowledge which specifies the exact sense in which knowledge has foundations. |
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Paul Moser's book defends what has been an unfashionable view in recent epistemology: the foundationalist account of knowledge and justification. Since the time of Plato philosophers have wondered what exactly knowledge is. This book develops a new account of perceptual knowledge which specifies the exact sense in which knowledge has foundations. The author argues that experiential foundations are indeed essential to perceptual knowledge, and he explains what knowledge requires beyond justified true beliefs. In challenging prominent sceptical claims that we have no justified beliefs about the external world, the book outlines a theory of rational belief. |
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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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