On Understanding Understanding: Philosophy of Knowledge

Vincent G. Potter

Published by Fordham University Press 1993

On Understanding Understanding

Philosophy of Knowledge

Vincent G. Potter

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823296330

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This basic introduction to the philosophical inquiry into the fundamental questions of human knowing features a range of carefully designed study questions.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Fundamental Notions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Skepticism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. Structure of Knowing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3. The Role of Sensation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
4. Other Positions on Sensation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5. The Role of Conceptualization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
6.Judgment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
7. Complementing the Classical View: Abstraction and the A Priori Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
8. Complementing the Classical View: Truth, Error, and Conceptual Frameworks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
9. Memory and Testimony Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
10. Inference: A Source of Knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Epilogue: Integrative Wisdom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
Appendix 1: The Fourth Condition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Appendix II: Heelan's Q-Lattice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
Appendix III: Being Mistaken and Being in Error Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Appendix IV: Derrida and Deconstructionism: A Summary for the Simple Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Indices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177

Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 180

eBook

Published: December 6, 2021
ISBN: 9780823296330