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Causation and Laws of Nature is a collection of articles which represents current research on the metaphysics of causation and laws of nature, ... More

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In The Natural Background to Meaning Denkel argues that meaning in language is an outcome of the evolutionary development of forms of animal ... More

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This systematic development of the internal realist approach, first developed by Hilary Putnam, tries to steer a middle course between metaphysical ... More

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Originally published in 1958 this study discusses tacit knowledge and its influence in many fields from theology to artificial intelligence.

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This book examines the nature of inquiry -- the general method by which we expand our knowledge. It proposes a resolution of the paradox of inquiry, ... More

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According to platonists, entities such as numbers, sets, propositions and properties are abstract objects. But abstract objects lack causal powers ... More

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In Theoretical Knowledge an original conception of a structure and dynamics of scientific knowledge is proposed. A detailed analysis of the ... More

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This volume is a contribution to the ongoing debate on the distinction between a 'context of justification' and a 'context of discovery'. It is meant ... More

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Blind Realism originated in the deeply felt conviction that the widespread acceptance of Gettier-type counterexamples to the classical definition of ... More

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Why is there something rather than nothing? Does God exist? Does time flow? What are we? Do we have free will? What is truth? Metaphysics is ... More

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Natural and social sciences seem very often to hedge their laws by ceteris paribus clauses - a practice which is philosophically very hard to ... More

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An introductory survey of the epistemological debate between scepticism and dogmatism, defending the fallibilist position.

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A comprehensive introduction to the theory of knowledge, this work explores what it is to be a rational, sentient human being.

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First published in 1984 as part of "The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell," "Theory of Knowledge" represents an important addition to our ... More

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"Knowledge" offers students not just a state-of-the-art treatment of what is central to current debates in epistemology, but also a new and ... More

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What do we mean when we say we "know" something? What is this knowledge and how do we come by it? What exactly counts as an object of knowledge? And ... More

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"This fine book is ideal for introductory courses in philosophy, and it is executed and backed up by careful, sophisticated philosophical analysis ... More

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Based on the use of puzzles to motivate the study of perennial issues, Stephen Hetherington has written an engagingly informal survey of epistemology ... More

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In this book Emma Ruttkamp demonstrates the power of the full-blown employment of the model-theoretic paradigm in the philosophy of science. Within ... More

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