Socializing Epistemology - The Social Dimensions of Knowledge

In this wide-ranging collection of never before published essays, distinguished scholars in the fields of philosophy and economics examine such questions as whether testimony is a basic source of knowledge, the degree to which notions of a good argument are determined by speakers and their audiences, the role of individual biases in the development of science, and the social aspects of group belief and group justification. The collection ends with the first comprehensive bibliography of social epistemology.

Sommario

Chapter 1 Socializing Epistemology: An Introduction Through Two Sample Issues
Chapter 2 Belief-Forming Practices and the Social
Chapter 3 Egoism in Epistemology
Chapter 4 Speaking of Ghosts
Chapter 5 A Conservative Approach to Social Epistemology
Chapter 6 Contrasting Conceptions of Social Epistemology
Chapter 7 The Fate of Knowledge in Social Theories of Science
Chapter 8 Good Arguments
Chapter 9 Accuracy in Journalism: An Economic Approach
Chapter 10 A More Social Epistemology
Chapter 11 Remarks on Collective Belief
Chapter 12 The Justification of Group Beliefs
Chapter 13 Bibliography

Info autore

Frederick F. Schmitt is professor of philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and author of Knowledge and Belief (Routledge, 1992).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Frederick F. Schmitt, Schmitt Frederick F.
• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.10.1994
• EAN: 9780847679591
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-7959-1
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 226 mm x 25 mm
• Peso: 503 g
• Serie: Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sociology & anthropology, Society and culture: general, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Sociology and anthropology, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge