Knowledge : the philosophical quest in history / Steve Fuller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuller, Steve, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

vi, 304 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

The theory of knowledge, or epistemology, is often regarded as a dry topic that hears little relation to actual knowledge practices. This hook aims to correct this by showing the roots, developments and prospects of modern epistemology from its beginnings in the nineteenth century to the present day. Contemporary epistemology is shown to draw on the insights of a wide range of disciplines. Philosophy has always been concerned with how we balance aspiration, belief, experience and knowledge. Science has come to represent a very highly privileged knowledge, whilst recent insights from psychology and sociology have questioned how knowledge is acquired and structured. Meanwhile, theology has shaped the quest for knowledge in ways which have only relatively recently become separate from more secular knowledge systems. The book provides a very broad, cross-disciplinary, and historically-informed assessment of the ways in which man has, and continues to, pursue, question, contest, expand and shape knowledge. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: is there a problem of or with knowledge?

1. Epistemology as cognitive economics

2. Epistemology as divine psychology

3. Epistemologyas psychology of science

4. Epistemology as philosophy of science

5. Epistemology as sociology of science

6. Epistemology as counterfactual historiography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

184465818X

9781844658176

1844658171

9781844658183

OCLC:

897773260