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Pathways to Knowledge: Private and Public

By Alvin I. Goldman

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2002
ISBN
0195138791, 9780195138795
LCC
BD212 .G65 2002
Open Library ID
OL9808797M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
299 kB (306519 bytes)
Pages
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Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

How can we know? How can we attain justified belief? These traditional questions in epistemology have inspired philosophers for centuries. Now, in this exceptional work, Alvin Goldman, distinguished scholar and leader in the fields of epistemology and mind, approaches such inquiries as legitimate methods or "pathways" to knowledge. He examines the notion of private and public knowledge, arguing for the epistemic legitimacy of private and introspective methods of gaining knowledge, yet acknowledging the equal importance of social and public mechanisms in the quest for truth. Throughout, he addresses this opposition but proposes a rigorous framework that continues to resolve such contradictions, making this exciting text one of the most important contributions to the theory of knowledge in recent years.

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