Scientific Epistemology: An Introduction Kornblith Hilary
Scientific Epistemology: An Introduction Kornblith Hilary Epistemology has traditionally been motivated by a desire to respond to skeptical challenges. Traditional theories of knowledge offer…
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Scientific Epistemology: An Introduction Kornblith Hilary
Epistemology has traditionally been motivated by a desire to respond to skeptical challenges. Traditional theories of knowledge offer responses to the skeptic which fail to draw on the resources of the sciences. The skeptic presents an argument for the view that knowledge is impossible, and the theorist of knowledge is called upon to explain why we should think, contrary to the skeptic, that it is genuinely possible to gain knowledge.
After arguing that appeals to science are not illegitimate in responding to skepticism, this book shows how the sciences offer an illuminating perspective on traditional questions about the nature and possibility of knowledge. This is no simple oversight; there are principled reasons why such resources are thought to be unavailable to the theorist of knowledge.This book takes a different approach. This book serves as an introduction to a