Fixation of Belief and Its Undoing - Changing Beliefs Through Inquiry

Klappentext This book will be of particular interest to discussion theorists! epistemologists! philosophers of science! computer scientists and cognitive psychologists. Zusammenfassung Isaac Levi's new book is concerned with how one can justify changing one's beliefs. The discussion is deeply informed by the belief-doubt model advocated by C. S. Peirce and John Dewey! of which the book provides a substantial analysis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Full belief; 3. Expansion; 4. Contractions; Notes; References; Index.

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• Authors: Levi Isaac, Isaac Levi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521110297
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11029-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, Philosophy: logic, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge