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The value of knowledge and the pursuit of understanding /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The value of knowledge and the pursuit of understanding // Jonathan L. Kvanvig.
其他題名:	The Value of Knowledge & the Pursuit of Understanding
作者:	Kvanvig, Jonathan L.,
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (xvi, 216 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
附註:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
標題:	Knowledge, Theory of. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511498909
ISBN:	9780511498909 (ebook)

The value of knowledge and the pursuit of understanding /
Kvanvig, Jonathan L.,

The value of knowledge and the pursuit of understanding /The Value of Knowledge & the Pursuit of UnderstandingJonathan L. Kvanvig. - 1 online resource (xvi, 216 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in philosophy. - Cambridge studies in philosophy..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

1. The value of knowledge is external to it. The pragmatic theory ; Plato and the tethering of true belief ; Knowledge and action -- 2. The value of true belief. The value of belief ; The value of truth ; Conclusion -- 3. The value of justification. Externalist accounts ; Justification accounts ; Two kinds of means to a goal -- 4. Reliabilism, normativity, and the special promise of virtue. Epistemology ; Zagzebski's virtue theory ; Virtue epistemology and credit for true belief ; A further benefit of virtue epistemology? ; Conclusion -- 5. The Gettier problem and the value of knowledge. The Gettier problem ; Gettier-like cases ; The appeal to accidentality and a general concern ; Approaches to the Gettier problem ; Counterfactual and defeasibility approaches to the Gettier problem ; Conclusion -- 6. Knowledge as irreducibly valuable. Curiosity and the intrinsic value of knowledge ; The desire to know ; Conclusion -- 7. Epistemic attitudinalism : semantic and pragmatic approaches. Semantic and pragmatic versions of epistemic attitudinalism ; Epistemic attitudinalism and the value of knowledge ; The failure of epistemic attitudinalism ; Conclusion -- 8. Knowledge and understanding. Understanding, knowledge, and logical form ; Understanding is not a species of knowledge ; The value of understanding ; Conclusion -- 9. Conclusion.

Epistemology has for a long time focused on the concept of knowledge and tried to answer questions such as whether knowledge is possible and how much of it there is. Often missing from this inquiry, however, is a discussion on the value of knowledge. In The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding Jonathan Kvanvig argues that epistemology properly conceived cannot ignore the question of the value of knowledge. He also questions one of the most fundamental assumptions in epistemology, namely that knowledge is always more valuable than the value of its subparts. Taking Platos' Meno as a starting point of his discussion, Kvanvig tackles the different arguments about the value of knowledge and comes to the conclusion that knowledge is less valuable than generally assumed. Clearly written and well argued, this 2003 book will appeal to students and professionals in epistemology.

ISBN: 9780511498909 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

554789
Knowledge, Theory of.

LC Class. No.: BD232 / .K92 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 121

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