Knowledge as a mental state? : : a study on Oxford realism / / Jens Kohne.
Long description: Subject of this book is an epistemological consideration concerning the nature of knowledge. But other than the most essays on the subject of knowledge, here I am going to deal with a largely overlooked account to try to find an answer to the question of knowledge. This is the ment...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin : : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH,, [2010] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (iv, 131 pages) |
Notes: | PublicationDate: 20100830 |
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Summary: | Long description: Subject of this book is an epistemological consideration concerning the nature of knowledge. But other than the most essays on the subject of knowledge, here I am going to deal with a largely overlooked account to try to find an answer to the question of knowledge. This is the mental state account of knowledge. Or to put it into the main question: is knowledge a mental state? Now, the question is: Why is the epistemic thinking of Cook Wilson, Prichard and Austin afflicted with such ignorance in contemporary epistemic discussions? The answer is: an unreflected Platonian heritage during 2000 years of epistemic thinking -- a notion which is similar to a point Hetherington has called ``epistemic absolutism''. So my main conclusion here is: the JTB thesis (knowledge is some aspect of justified true belief) is insufficient in order to give an account of the nature of knowledge. A consequence from this is: all the epistemic theories which are dealing with the JTB thesis are based on deficient assumptions. Hence their results -- notably the well-known externalism/internalism debate - are insufficient, too. So, there is a need for a new theory of knowledge based on the MS thesis. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-131). |
ISBN: | 3832589864 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Jens Kohne. |