Conceptions of knowledge / edited by Stefan Tolksdorf.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tolksdorf, Stefan.

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Series:

Berlin studies in knowledge research ; v. 4.

Berlin studies in knowledge research ; v. 4

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

x, 712 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2012]

Language Note:

English and German.

Summary:

The volume Conceptions of Knowledge collects current essays on contemporary epistemology and knowledge research. The essays are primarily concerned with pragmatic and contextual extensions of analytic epistemology. The key concepts include epistemic abilities, forms of knowledge, and contexts of knowledge. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Knowledge, Ability, and Manifestation

Part 1 Knowledge As Ability

Knowledge and Knowing: Ability and Manifestation / Stephen Hetherington Hetherington, Stephen 73

Wie Wissen fonktioniert / John Hyman Hyman, John 101

Part 2 Knowledge Through Ability

Knowing Full Well / Ernest Sosa Sosa, Ernest 129

Die Natur von Fähigkeiten und der Zweck von Wissen / John Greco Greco, John 141

The Genealogy of the Concept of Knowledge and Anti-Luck Virtue Epistemology / Duncan Pritchard Pritchard, Duncan 159

Knowledge, Abilities, and Epistemic Luck: What Is Anti-Luck Virtue Epistemology and What Can It Do? / Stefan Tolksdorf Tolksdorf, Stefan 179

Knowledge as a Fallible Capacity / Andrea Kern Kern, Andrea 215

Part 3 Knowing-How

Knowing-How: Indispensable but Inscrutable / Günter Abel Abel, Günter 245

Knowledge-How, Linguistic Intellectualism, and Ryle's Return / David Löwenstein Löwenstein, David 269

Chapter 2 Knowledge in Situations: Contexts and Contrasts

Part 1 Contextualism

Two Varieties of Knowledge / Gerhard Ernst Ernst, Gerhard 307

Nonindexical Contextualism - an Explication and Defense / Nikola Kompa Kompa, Nikola 329

Part 2 Contrastivism

What is Contrastivism? / Jonathan Schaffer Schaffer, Jonathan 353

Contrastive Knowledge / Jonathan Schaffer Schaffer, Jonathan 357

Contrastivism rather than Something Else? - On the Limits of Epistemic Contrastivism / Peter Baumann Baumann, Peter 395

Contrastive Knowledge: Reply to Baumann / Jonathan Schaffer Schaffer, Jonathan 411

PS: Response to Schaffer's Reply / Peter Baumann Baumann, Peter 425

Chapter 3 Challenging Justification - The Nature and Structure of Justification

Verantwortlichkeit und Verlässlichkeit / Michael Williams Williams, Michael 435

Justification, Deontology, and Voluntary Control / Matthias Steup Steup, Matthias 461

Infinitism and the Epistemic Regress Problem / Peter D. Klein Klein, Peter D. 487

Das einfache Argument / Steven Luper Luper, Steven 509

What Is Transmission Failure? / Anthony Brueckner Brueckner, Anthony 527

Chapter 4 Varieties and Forms of Knowledge: Animal, Phenomenal, and Practical Knowledge

Epistemology and Cognitive Ethology / Hilary Kornblith Kornblith, Hilary 535

Non-Human Knowledge and Non-Human Agency / Hans-Johann Glock Glock, Hans-Johann 557

Phänomenales Wissen und der Hintergrund / Claudio Roller Roller, Claudio 589

Rechtliches Wissen / Thomas Gil Gil, Thomas 617

Chapter 5 Skepticism: Pragmatic Answers?

Wittgensteins Zweifel / Joachim Schulte Schulte, Joachim 629

Skepticism, Contextualism and Entitlement / Sebastian Schmoranzer Schmoranzer, Sebastian 649

Wittgenstein and Williamson on Knowing and Believing / Marie Mcginn Mcginn, Marie 671.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

3110253585

9783110253580

OCLC:

743298813

Publisher Number:

99947648423