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Knowledge and Practical Interests

By Jason Stanley

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2005
ISBN
0199288038, 9780199288038, 9781435618992
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8686510 bytes)
Series
Lines of Thought
Edition
1
Pages
204\204
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Jason Stanley presents a startling and provocative claim about knowledge: that whether or not someone knows a proposition at a given time is in part determined by his or her practical interests, i.e. by how much is at stake for that person at that time. In defending this thesis, Stanley introduces readers to a number of strategies for resolving philosophical paradox, making the book essential not just for specialists in epistemology but for all philosophers interested in philosophical methodology. Since a number of his strategies appeal to linguistic evidence, it will be of great interest to linguists as well.

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