Knowledge of the External World by Bruce Aune

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Knowledge of the External World by Bruce Aune

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Part of Problems Of Philosophy series

Summary

Aune disagrees that Wittgenstein has made the traditional philosophical problem of knowledge of the external world redundant. After a survey of the classic modern philosophers' views on the subject Aune offers his own original solution.

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Knowledge of the External World by Bruce Aune

Many philosophers believe that the traditional problem of our knowledge of the external world was dissolved by Wittgestein and others. They argue that it was not really a problem - just a linguistic `confusion' that did not actually require a solution. Bruce Aune argues that they are wrong. He casts doubt on the generally accepted reasons for putting the problem aside and proposes an entirely new approach. By considering the history of the problem from Descartes to Kant, Aune shows that analogous arguments create difficulties for the contemporary philosophical consensus. He makes it clear that the problem remains acute, particualarly for our understanding of scientific evidence. The solution he proposes draws upon contemporary philosophy of science and probability theory.

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`.. a clear and sustained empiricist approach to the problem.' - TLS

Bruce Aune is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fellowship in the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Science, and other honors, he has published more than ninety scholarly articles and reviews, contributed to such collections as Philosophy in America (1965) and the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and published six previous books: Knowledge, Mind, and Nature (1966), Rationalism, Empiricism, and Pragmatism (1970); Reason and Action (1978), Kant's Theory of Morals (1980), Metaphysics: the Elements (1980), and Knowledge of the External World (1990).
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ISBN 13 9780415755474
ISBN 10 0415755476
Title Knowledge of the External World
Author Bruce Aune
Series Problems Of Philosophy
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2014-05-19
Number of pages 254
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