Uncovering facts and values : studies in contemporary epistemology and political philosophy / edited by Adrian Kuzniar, Joanna Odrowaz-Sypniewska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kuzniar, Adrian, editor.

Odrowąż-Sypniewska, Joanna, editor.

Series:

Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 107.

Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, 0303-8157 ; Volume 107

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, [Netherlands] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill-Rodopi, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume addresses issues in epistemology, ethics and political philosophy. It contains new papers on issues such as semantic theory of truth, sandwich theory of knowledge, American pragmatism and scepticism, arguments from ignorance, infallibilism and fallibilism, justification and confirmation, Tarski’s T-schema, experimental results and ordinary truth, epistemic comparativism and experiments, epiphenomenlism and eliminativism about the mental, the identity theory of truth, thoughts and facts, metaontological maximalism and minimalism, morality and rights, aggregation of value judgements and aggregation of preferences, conditional and unconditional ethics, the role of the theory of evolution in moral epistemology, global and international political community, Rawls' views on cosmopolitanism and global justice, international distributive justice. Contributors are: Tomasz Bigaj, Krzysztof Brzechczyn, Tadeusz Buksiński, Robin Cameron, Jan B. Deręgowski, Nigel Dower, Adam Grobler, Jesper Kallestrup, Adrian Kuźniar, Justyna Miklaszewska, Joanna Miksa, Joanna Odrowąż-Sypniewska, Katarzyna Paprzycka, Krzysztof Posłajko, Wlodek Rabinowicz, John Skorupski, Leslie Stevenson, Piotr Szałek, Tadeusz Szubka, Joseph Ulatowski, Jan Woleński, Rafał Wonicki, Anna Wójtowicz, Renata Ziemińska

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Adrian Kuźniar and Joanna Odrowąż-Sypniewska

Władysław Bednarowski (1908–2002): A Personal Recollection / Jan B. Deręgowski

Aggregation of Value Judgments Differs from Aggregation of Preferences / Włodek Rabinowicz

Knowing from Not Knowing / Jesper Kallestrup

Formal and Informal Aspects of the Semantic Theory of Truth / Jan Woleński

Ordinary Truth in Tarski and Næss / Joseph Ulatowski

The Sandwich Theory of Knowledge / Adam Grobler

Infallibilism, Fallibilism and Closure: Brains in Vats and Mein Herr on Maps / J.R. Cameron

Justification, Confirmation, and the Problem of Mutually Exclusive Hypotheses / Anna Wójtowicz and Tomasz Bigaj

American Pragmatists’ Response to Skepticism / Renata Ziemińska

Comparativism, Question-Sensitivity and Experiments / Joanna Odrowąż-Sypniewska

Metaontological Maximalism and Minimalism: Fine versus Horwich / Tadeusz Szubka

Truth, Thoughts and Facts / Piotr K. Szałek

From Epiphenomenalism to Eliminativism? / Krzysztof Posłajko

Intention, Knowledge, and Disregard for Norms: The Omissions Account and Holton’s Account of the Asymmetric Intentionality Attributions / Katarzyna Paprzycka

Intentions, Actions and the Human Mind / Leslie Stevenson

A Critical Analysis of Peter Singer’s Views on the Role of the Theory of Evolution in Moral Epistemology / Adrian Kuźniar

Conditional and Unconditional Ethics / Tadeusz Buksiński

The Grotian Concept of a Right / John Skorupski

Global and International Political Community / Nigel Dower

The Search for a Liberal Moderate Theory of International Distributive Justice / Rafał Wonicki

Rawls on Cosmopolitanism and Global Justice / Justyna Miklaszewska

State and Education in Kantian Political Philosophy / Joanna Miksa

On the Evolution of the Political Thought of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarność,” 1980–1981: An Attempt at Interpretation / Krzysztof Brzechczyn.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-31265-X

OCLC:

946142540

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004312654 DOI