Working without a net : a study of egocentric epistemology / Richard Foley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foley, Richard, 1947- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Descartes, René.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, the author offers a major new theory of rationality. His aim is to escape the ""doldrums of Descartes"", by lowering the standard for what is rational from Descartes' impossibly demanding level of certainty.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Rational Belief; 2. Skepticism; 3. Egocentric Rationality; 4. The Epistemology of Beliefs and the Epistemology of Degrees of Belief; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773198-8

1-280-52632-7

0-19-536029-X

1-4294-0758-1

OCLC:

476016208