The Analysis of Knowing : : A Decade of Research / / Robert K. Shope.

• VerfasserIn: Shope, Robert K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1983
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5124
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 p.)

This book is the first complete survey and critical appraisal of the large body of research that has appeared during approximately the last decade concerning the analysis of knowing. Robert K. Shope pays special attention to the social aspects of knowing and proposes a new formulation of the fundamental structure of the Gettier problem.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1: The Significance of the Gettier Problem for an Analysis of Knowing -- CHAPTER 2: Additions to Standard Analyses I: Subjunctive Conditionals -- CHAPTER 3: Additions to Standard Analyses II: Limitations on the Presence of Falsehoods in Justification -- CHAPTER 4: Additions to Standard Analyses III: Limitations on the Justifying Power of Evidence or Grounds -- CHAPTER 5: Causal Analyses, Conclusive Reasons Analyses, and Reliability Analyses -- CHAPTER 6: Deletions from Standard Analyses -- CHAPTER 7: Falsity and Rational Inquiry—a Solution to the Gettier Problem and a Perspective on Social Aspects of Knowing -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter