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One of the most firmly entrenched beliefs of contemporary philosophy is that the only way to analyze a concept is to state its truth conditions. In epistemology this has led to the search for reductive analyses, to phenomenalism, behaviorism, and their analogues in other areas of knowledge. Arguing...

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Main Author: Pollock, John L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1974.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Perception.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Concepts.
Analysis (Philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > General.
epistemology.
Philosophie analytique.
Theorie de la connaissance.
Perception
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:One of the most firmly entrenched beliefs of contemporary philosophy is that the only way to analyze a concept is to state its truth conditions. In epistemology this has led to the search for reductive analyses, to phenomenalism, behaviorism, and their analogues in other areas of knowledge. Arguing that these attempts at reductive analysis have invariably failed, John L. Pollock defends an alternative theory of conceptual analysis in this book. The author suggests that concepts should be analyzed in terms of their justification conditions rather than their truth conditions. After laying a th.
Physical Description:1 online resource (362 pages).
ISBN:9781400870738

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