Knowledge - genetic foundations and epistemic coherence / Birte Schelling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schelling, Birte.

Series:

Epistemische Studien (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Bd. 23.

Epistemische Studien (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Band 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth.

Truth--Coherence theory.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2013.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Since the 1960's there is a controversial discussion about the correct explication of the concept of knowledge in epistemology, but until today no generally accepted solution to the problem of defining this concept has been found. This book contributes to the discussion in epistemology by proposing a new explication of the concept of knowledge which is spelled out in terms of coherence. The main thesis of this book is that a belief can be considered knowledge only if first, it is true and second, it coheres with the rest of the beliefs of the person holding the belief in an appropriate manner. The explication draws on the ideas of Donald Davidson, Laurence Bon Jour and Keith Lehrer and offers a new perspective on the old project of analyzing the concept of knowledge.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Chapter 1 The Epistemologist's Dilemma: A Reasonable Quest for Truth

Chapter 2 Coherence and the World Connection

Chapter 3 Perception, Coherence and Knowledge

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 11, 2014).

ISBN:

9783110322668

3110322668

OCLC:

870589873