Knowledge and its Limits
Oxford University Press (2000)
Abstract
Knowledge and its Limits presents a systematic new conception of knowledge as a kind of mental stage sensitive to the knower's environment. It makes a major contribution to the debate between externalist and internalist philosophies of mind, and breaks radically with the epistemological tradition of analyzing knowledge in terms of true belief. The theory casts new light on such philosophical problems as scepticism, evidence, probability and assertion, realism and anti-realism, and the limits of what can be known. The arguments are illustrated by rigorous models based on epistemic logic and probability theory. The result is a new way of doing epistemology and a notable contribution to the philosophy of mind.Author's Profile
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2002, 2003
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BD201.W55 2000
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019925656X 9780199256563 0198250436
DOI
10.1111/j.1933-1592.2005.tb00537.x
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