Achieving knowledge : a virtue-theoretic account of epistemic normativity /

Achieving knowledge : a virtue-theoretic account of epistemic normativity /

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Author / Creator:	Greco, John.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 205 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Knowledge, Theory of. Normativity (Ethics) Knowledge, Theory of. Normativity (Ethics) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11824253

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ISBN:	9780511729232 0511729235 9780511725937 0511725930 9780511844645 0511844646 9780511727337 051172733X 9780521193917 0521193915 9780521144315 0521144310
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"When we affirm (or deny) that someone knows something, we are making a value judgment of sorts - we are claiming that there is something superior (or inferior) about that person's opinion, or their evidence, or perhaps about them. A central task of the theory of knowledge is to investigate the sort of evaluation at issue. This is the first book to make 'epistemic normativity, ' or the normative dimension of knowledge and knowledge ascriptions, its central focus. John Greco argues that knowledge is a kind of achievement, as opposed to mere lucky success. This locates knowledge within a broader, familiar normative domain. By reflecting on our thinking and practices in this domain, it is argued, we gain insight into what knowledge is and what kind of value it has for us"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Greco, John. Achieving knowledge. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521193917
Standard no.:	9786612585920

Table of Contents:

Part I. Epistemic normativity. Knowledge as success from ability
Against deontology
Against internalism
Against evidentialism
Part II. Problems for everyone. The nature of knowledge
The value of knowledge
Knowledge and context
The Pyrrhonian problematic. Part III. Problems for reliabilism. The problem of strange and fleeting processes
The problem of defeating evidence
The problem of easy knowledge.