Basic knowledge and conditions on knowledge / Mark McBride.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McBride, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justification (Theory of knowledge).

Knowledge, Theory of.

Cognitive science New.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Place of Publication:

Open Book Publishers 2017

Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

McBride's book considers a variety of puzzles concerning immediate justification and knowledge. These puzzles are of active interest in the field, and it is useful to address them all in a single volume. I learned from this book, even when it covered issues I already knew well. ―Prof. Christopher Tucker, William & Mary University How do we know what we know? In this stimulating and rigorous book, Mark McBride explores two sets of issues in contemporary epistemology: the problems that warrant transmission poses for the category of basic knowledge; and the status of conclusive reasons, sensitivity, and safety as conditions that are necessary for knowledge. To have basic knowledge is to know (have justification for) some proposition immediately, i.e., knowledge (justification) that doesn't depend on justification for any other proposition. This book considers several puzzles that arise when you take seriously the possibility that we can have basic knowledge. McBride's analysis draws together two vital strands in contemporary epistemology that are usually treated in isolation from each other. Additionally, its innovative arguments include a new application of the safety condition to the law.

Contents:

Part one. Exploring basic knowledge

Reflections on Moore's 'proof'

First reflections on the problem of easy knowledge

The problem of easy knowledge: towards a solution

Evidence and transmission failure

A puzzle for dogmatism

Part two. Conditions on knowledge: conclusive reasons, sensitivity, and safety

Conclusive reasons

Sensitivity

Safety

Safety: an application.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (JSTOR, viewed June 3, 2020).

ISBN:

9791036509650

9781783742868

1783742860

9781783742851

1783742852

OCLC:

1014200322

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access.