Knowledge and Justification /

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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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Auteur principal: Pollock, John L. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1974.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Perception.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Concepts.
Analysis (Philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > General.
epistemology.
Philosophie analytique.
Theorie de la connaissance.
Perception
Electronic books.
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (362 pages).
ISBN:9781400870738

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