Philosophical knowledge : its possibility and scope / edited by Christian Beyer and Alex Burri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beyer, Christian.

Burri, Alex.

Series:

Grazer philosophische Studien ; v. 74.

Grazer philosophische Studien, 0165-9227 ; v. 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Congresses.

Philosophy.

Knowledge, Theory of--Congresses.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The former ""Queen of Science"" seems to be lacking both a specific subject and a particular method. Thus the need arises for intra- and metaphilosophical orientation - especially since the way philosophy sees itself stems from various influential schools and traditions whose mutual exchange is not as lively as one might have hoped.This volume of original essays brings together some of the protagonists of different metaphilosophical debates that have so far been led fairly independently of each other. The authors discuss the question of both the possibility and the scope of philosophical knowl

Contents:

Philosophical Knowledge: Its Possibility and Scope; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; PHILOSOPHICAL INTUITIONS: THEIR TARGET, THEIR SOURCE, AND THEIR EPISTEMIC STATUS; NATURALISM AND INTUITIONS; INTUITIONS: THEIR NATURE AND EPISTEMIC EFFICACY; THE NATURE OF RATIONAL INTUITIONS AND A FRESH LOOK AT THE EXPLANATIONIST OBJECTION; PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWLEDGE OF COUNTERFACTUALS; THE POSSIBILITY OF KNOWLEDGE; TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENTS: A PLEA FOR MODESTY; A PRIORI EXISTENCE; SELF-REFERENTIAL ARGUMENTS IN PHILOSOPHY; METAPHYSICS OF SCIENCE BETWEEN METAPHYSICS AND SCIENCE

COULD ANYTHING BE WRONG WITH ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY?ON NOT FORGETTING THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF NAMES; CONTEXTUALISM ABOUT KNOWLEDGE AND JUSTIFICATION BY DEFAULT; EXISTENCE, INEXPRESSIBILITY AND PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; CONTEXTUALISM AND THE BACKGROUND OF (PHILOSOPHICAL) JUSTIFICATION

Notes:

Papers from a conference held Sept. 8-10, 2005, in Erfurt, Germany.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-26540-7

9786612265402

94-012-0465-9

1-4356-1255-8

OCLC:

666983665