A Companion to Epistemology by Jonathan Dancy
Epistemology - the theory of knowledge and of justified belief - has always been of central importance in philosophy. Progress in other areas of philosophical research has often depended crucially on epistemological presuppositions. This Companion, with well over 250 articles ranging from summary discussions to major essays on topics of current controversy, is the first complete reference work devoted to the subject. All the main theoretical positions in epistemology are discussed and analysed, tougher with the different categories of knowledge itself - scientific, historical, mathematical, a priori, moral and so on - and the special problems associated with these. There are also many entries covering individual concepts, arguments and problems, short definitions of technical terms, and biographical articles.With its unrivalled coverage of the field, supported by a comprehensive index and an extensive cross-referencing, the Companion is likely to remain the standard reference work in epistemology from undergraduate level upward for the foreseeable future.
The Companion provides a first rate survey of competing past and present plans for epistemology's future... It gives an extraordinary handy overview of a field whose complexity can seem intolerable. (Times Literary Supplement) An excellent volume that all libraries should own. (Choice) The standard reference source on the subject for the foreseeable future. (Reference Reviews)
Jonathan Dancy is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading. He is the author of An Introduction to Modern Epistemology (Blackwell, 1985) and Moral Reasons (Blackwell, 1993), as well as the editor of A Companion to Epistemology (Blackwell, 1992), Reading Parfit (Blackwell, 1997), and Normativity (Blackwell, 2000).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780631192589 |
| ISBN 10 | 0631192581 |
| Title | A Companion to Epistemology |
| Author | Jonathan Dancy |
| Series | Blackwell Companions To Philosophy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-12-13 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
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