Uncovering facts and values : : studies in contemporary epistemology and political philosophy / / edited by Adrian Kuzniar, Joanna Odrowaz-Sypniewska.

This volume addresses issues in epistemology, ethics and political philosophy. It contains new papers on issues such as semantic theory of truth, sandwich theory of knowledge, American pragmatism and scepticism, arguments from ignorance, infallibilism and fallibilism, justification and confirmation,...

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Superior document:Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Volume 107
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill-Rodopi,, 2016.
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 107.
Physical Description:1 online resource (374 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Adrian Kuźniar and Joanna Odrowąż-Sypniewska
  • Władysław Bednarowski (1908–2002): A Personal Recollection / Jan B. Deręgowski
  • Aggregation of Value Judgments Differs from Aggregation of Preferences / Włodek Rabinowicz
  • Knowing from Not Knowing / Jesper Kallestrup
  • Formal and Informal Aspects of the Semantic Theory of Truth / Jan Woleński
  • Ordinary Truth in Tarski and Næss / Joseph Ulatowski
  • The Sandwich Theory of Knowledge / Adam Grobler
  • Infallibilism, Fallibilism and Closure: Brains in Vats and Mein Herr on Maps / J.R. Cameron
  • Justification, Confirmation, and the Problem of Mutually Exclusive Hypotheses / Anna Wójtowicz and Tomasz Bigaj
  • American Pragmatists’ Response to Skepticism / Renata Ziemińska
  • Comparativism, Question-Sensitivity and Experiments / Joanna Odrowąż-Sypniewska
  • Metaontological Maximalism and Minimalism: Fine versus Horwich / Tadeusz Szubka
  • Truth, Thoughts and Facts / Piotr K. Szałek
  • From Epiphenomenalism to Eliminativism? / Krzysztof Posłajko
  • Intention, Knowledge, and Disregard for Norms: The Omissions Account and Holton’s Account of the Asymmetric Intentionality Attributions / Katarzyna Paprzycka
  • Intentions, Actions and the Human Mind / Leslie Stevenson
  • A Critical Analysis of Peter Singer’s Views on the Role of the Theory of Evolution in Moral Epistemology / Adrian Kuźniar
  • Conditional and Unconditional Ethics / Tadeusz Buksiński
  • The Grotian Concept of a Right / John Skorupski
  • Global and International Political Community / Nigel Dower
  • The Search for a Liberal Moderate Theory of International Distributive Justice / Rafał Wonicki
  • Rawls on Cosmopolitanism and Global Justice / Justyna Miklaszewska
  • State and Education in Kantian Political Philosophy / Joanna Miksa
  • On the Evolution of the Political Thought of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarność,” 1980–1981: An Attempt at Interpretation / Krzysztof Brzechczyn.