Judgment and Agency

Zusatztext ...[A]n incredibly important work of contemporary epistemology.... not merely an incremental extension of Sosa's previous work.... a high-water mark as regards scholarship in this area. Anyone serious about epistemology ought to read this book. Informationen zum Autor Ernest Sosa is Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. Klappentext Ernest Sosa extends his distinctive approach to epistemology, intertwining issues concerning the role of the will in judgment and belief with issues of epistemic evaluation. While noting that human knowledge trades on distinctive psychological capacities, Sosa also emphasizes the role of the social in human knowledge. Zusammenfassung Ernest Sosa extends his distinctive approach to epistemology, intertwining issues concerning the role of the will in judgment and belief with issues of epistemic evaluation. While noting that human knowledge trades on distinctive psychological capacities, Sosa also emphasizes the role of the social in human knowledge. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Virtue Epistemology Extended and Unified 1: The Unity of Action, Perception, and Knowledge 2: Virtue Epistemology: Character versus Competence Part II: A Better Virtue Epistemology 3: Judgment and Agency 4: A Better Virtue Epistemology Further Developed 5: Objections and Replies, with a Methodological Afterthought Part III: Knowledge and Agency 6: Knowledge and Action 7: Intentional Action and Judgment 8: Social Roots of Human Knowledge 9: Epistemic Agency Part IV: Historical Antecedents 10: Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Human Agency 11: Descartes' Pyrrhonian Virtue Epistemology

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• Autori: Ernest Sosa, Ernest (Rutgers University Sosa, Sosa Ernest
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 02.04.2015
• EAN: 9780198719694
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871969-4
• Pagine: 278
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge