Basic belief and basic knowledge : papers in epistemology /
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| Imprint: | Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2005. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (292 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Philosophische Forschung (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Bd. 4 Philosophische Forschung (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Bd. 4. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11201213 |
| Summary: | Over the last two decades foundationalism has been severely criticized. In response to this various alternatives to it have been advanced, notably coherentism. At the same time new versions of foundationalism were crafted, that were claimed to be immune to the earlier criticisms. This volume contains 12 papers in which various aspects of this dialectic are covered. A number of papers continue the trend to defend foundationalism, and foundationalism's commitment to basic beliefs and basic knowledge, against various attacks. Others aim to show that one important objection against coherentism, viz. that the notion of 'coherence' is too vague to be useful, can be countered. |
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| Item Description: | Papers grew out of a conference, held at the Dept. of Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, June 2001. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (292 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783110327519 3110327511 9783937202709 3937202706 3110327279 9783110327274 |