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Zusatztext "(Gerken)...displays obvious mastery of both the philosophy of mind and epistemology! and his treatment is extremely thorough... ...he convincingly makes a case for the importance of the methodology or pursuing questions in the philosophy of mind and epistemology in tandem. Anyone interested in these areas of philosophy! and their intersection! would do well to read this book." B.J.C. Madison! Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Informationen zum Autor Mikkel Gerken is Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He works in epistemology and philosophy of mind but has broad research interests which include philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of language, philosophy of science and philosophical methodology. Klappentext Epistemic Reasoning and the Mental integrates the epistemology of reasoning and philosophy of mind. By examining the fundamental competencies involved in reasoning, Gerken argues that reasoning depends on the external environment in ways that are both surprising and epistemologically important. Zusammenfassung Epistemic Reasoning and the Mental integrates the epistemology of reasoning and philosophy of mind. By examining the fundamental competencies involved in reasoning! Gerken argues that reasoning depends on the external environment in ways that are both surprising and epistemologically important. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' Preface Foreword and Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Epistemic Warrant – A First Approximation 2. Warrant, Reasoning and Competence 3. Anti-Individualism and Twin Earth 4. Slow-Switch Cases and the Individualist Challenge 5. An Anti-Individualist Response 6. Towards Principles of Epistemic Reasoning References Index
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Series Editors' Preface Foreword and Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Epistemic Warrant - A First Approximation 2. Warrant, Reasoning and Competence 3. Anti-Individualism and Twin Earth 4. Slow-Switch Cases and the Individualist Challenge 5. An Anti-Individualist Response 6. Towards Principles of Epistemic Reasoning References Index
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"(Gerken)...displays obvious mastery of both the philosophy of mind and epistemology, and his treatment is extremely thorough... ...he convincingly makes a case for the importance of the methodology or pursuing questions in the philosophy of mind and epistemology in tandem. Anyone interested in these areas of philosophy, and their intersection, would do well to read this book."
B.J.C. Madison, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
