A luxury of the understanding : on the value of true belief /
Allan Hazlett challenges the philosophical assumption of the value of true belief. He critiques the view that true belief is better for us than false belief, and the view that truth is 'the aim of belief'. An alternative picture is provided, on which the fact that some people love truth is...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Allan Hazlett challenges the philosophical assumption of the value of true belief. He critiques the view that true belief is better for us than false belief, and the view that truth is 'the aim of belief'. An alternative picture is provided, on which the fact that some people love truth is all there is to 'the value of true belief'. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 302 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780191662461 0191662461 9780191761164 0191761168 |