Knowledge of the external world / Bruce Aune.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aune, Bruce, 1933-

Series:

Problems of philosophy (Routledge (Firm))

The Problems of philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Other minds (Theory of knowledge).

Ontology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many philosophers believe that the traditional problem of our knowledge of the external world was dissolved by Wittgestein and others. They argue that it was not really a problem - just a linguistic `confusion' that did not actually require a solution. Bruce Aune argues that they are wrong. He casts doubt on the generally accepted reasons for putting the problem aside and proposes an entirely new approach. By considering the history of the problem from Descartes to Kant, Aune shows that analogous arguments create difficulties for the contemporary philosophical consensus. He makes it clear that

Contents:

Cover; Knowledge of the External World; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; I Descartes; 1 Descartes and the Method of Doubt; 2 Critical Remarks on the Method of Doubt; 3 Descartes' Cogito; 4 Descartes' Fundamental Principles; 5 The Development of Descartes' System; 6 Descartes' Approach to the External World; 7 Criticisms and Prospects; II Locke and Berkeley; 1 Locke on Knowledge; 2 Locke on Judgment and Opinion; 3 Locke on the Nature of External Objects; 4 Berkeley on Secondary Qualities; 5 Berkeley on Primary Qualities; 6 Berkeley's Idealism

III Hume and Solipsism1 Hume's Epistemic Principles; 2 Hume on Experimental Inference; 3 Hume and the Road to Solipsism; 4 Hume's Attitude to Skepticism; IV Kant and Phenomenalism; 1 Kant's Classification of Knowledge; 2 Kant's Copernican Revolution; 3 More on Objects of Experience; 4 Kant's Transcendental Deduction; 5 Some Categories and Principles; 6 Kant's Transcendental Idealism; 7 Remarks on Kant's Epistemology; 8 Phenomenalism; V A New Start; 1 Prelude to the ""Private Language"" Argument; 2 Wittgenstein's Argument; 3 On the Common-sense Basis of Wittgenstein's Argument

4 Reinventing the Problem5 A Problem About the Self; 6 Is Reference to a Self Inevitable?; 7 On Basic Epistemic Principles; VI Reforming Empiricism; 1 Problems with an Analytic-Synthetic Distinction; 2 A Pragmatic Approach to Analyticity; 3 Observation; 4 Experimental Inference: Some Problems; 5 Some Suggested Strategies; 6 Bayesian Induction; 7 Applying Bayes' Theorem; 8 Inductive Probability: An Interpretation; 9 Prospect; VII The External World; 1 Hume's Problem and its Successors; 2 Chisholm's ""Critical Commonsensism""; 3 Justification by ""Coherence""

4 Standards, Ends, and Justification5 Uninferred Premisses and Intellectual Bootstrapping; 6 Inferring the Existence of the External World; 7 On Scientific Realism; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-239) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-94622-8

1-134-94623-6

1-280-47850-0

9786610478507

0-203-02762-0

9780203027622

OCLC:

475873929