Epistemology : contexts, values, disagreement : proceedings of the 34th International Ludwig Wittgenstein symposium in Kirchberg, 2011 / Christoph Jäger, Winfried Löffler (eds).

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Jäger, Christoph.

Löffler, Winfried.

Österreichische Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft.

Conference Name:

International Wittgenstein Symposium (34th : 2011 : Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria)

Series:

Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society ; n.s., v. 19

Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society - New Series ; 19

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of--Congresses.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (537 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2012.

Language Note:

German

Summary:

This volume collects papers that were presented at the 34th International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium 2011 in Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria. They focus on five key debates in contemporary epistemology: Does the term "to know" vary its meaning according to features of the contexts in which it is uttered? What role may "epistemic virtues" play in our cognitive activities? What is the surplus value of having knowledge instead of mere true belief? What is the structure and significance of testimonial knowledge and belief? And when is disagreement rational, especially if it occurs among "epistemi

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

I. Contextualism and Invariantism

Knowledge, Contextualism, and Moorean Paradox / Brendel, Elke

Context-Sensitivity without Indexicality? / Davis, Wayne A.

Non-Relativist Contextualism about Knowledge / Willaschek, Marcus

Knowing about Other Contexts / Baumann, Peter

Epistemic Variantism and the Factivity of Knowledge / Freitag, Wolfgang

Explaining Variation in Knowledge by Full Belief / Shackel, Nicholas

The Contextualist Promise / Schmoranzer, Sebastian

II. Epistemic Virtues

Intellectual Virtues and Their Place in Philosophy / Greco, John

Understanding's Tethers / Elgin, Catherine Z.

Knowledge as Achievement and the Value Problem / Niederbacher, Bruno

Apriority and Virtue: How Successful a Relationship? / Miščevič, Nenad

III. The Nature and Value of Knowledge

Epistemology without the Concept of Knowledge / Beckermann, Ansgar

Reliabilism as Explicating Knowledge: A Sketch of an Account / Olsson, Erik J.

How to Take Truth as a Goal? / David, Marian

Knowledge as Achievement - Greco's Double Mistake / Piller, Christian

IV. Testimony

Norms of Trust, De Re Trust, and the Epistemology of Testimony / Goldberg, Sanford

Jennifer Lackey on Non-Reductionism: A Critique / Kusch, Martin

V. Disagreement

"A Troubled Area". Understanding the Controversy over Screening Mammography for Women Aged 40-49 / Solomon, Miriam

Is Philosophical Knowledge Possible? / Kornblith, Hilary

The Significance of Disagreement in Epistemology / Koppelberg, Dirk

The Role of the Uniqueness Thesis in the Epistemology of Disagreement / Lee, Matthew

Counterfactual-Peer Disagreement / Munn, Katherine

Meta-Induction and the Problem of Fundamental Disagreement / Schurz, Gerhard

Rival Logics, Disagreement and Reflective Equilibrium / Brun, Georg

VI. Wittgenstein

The Builders / Williams, Meredith

First Person Authority without Glamorous Self-Knowledge / Kemmerling, Andreas

Subjective and Objective Certainty as Regards Knowledge and Action / Kober, Michael

Zu einigen Bemerkungen Wittgensteins über die Seele / Raatzsch, Richard

Conjecture, Proof, and Sense in Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics / Schroeder, Severin

Through Pictures to Problems: Cognitive Epistemology and Therapeutic Philosophy / Fischer, Eugen

Werte und Vernunft in Wittgensteins Spätwerk / Koritensky, Andreas

Wittgenstein über Gedankenexperimente / Bromand, Joachim

Wittgenstein, Ethics and Therapy / Harcourt, Edward

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-86838-160-0

3-11-032901-8

OCLC:

851970849