Epistemology and the Psychology of Human Judgment

Epistemology and the Psychology of Human Judgment

Author: Michael A. Bishop

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 9780195162295

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Bishop & Trout present a new approach to epistemoloy, aiming to liberate the subject from the 'scholastic' debates of analytic philosophy. Rather, they wish to treat epistemology as a branch of the philosophy of science.


Epistemology and Cognition

Epistemology and Cognition

Author: Alvin I. Goldman

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9780674258969

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Against the traditional view, Alvin Goldman argues that logic, probability theory, and linguistic analysis cannot by themselves delineate principles of rationality or justified belief. The mind's operations must be taken into account.


A Companion to Applied Philosophy

A Companion to Applied Philosophy

Author: Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-11-14

Total Pages: 676

ISBN-13: 1118869133

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Applied philosophy has been a growing area of research for the last 40 years. Until now, however, almost all of this research has been centered around the field of ethics. A Companion to Applied Philosophy breaks new ground, demonstrating that all areasof philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind, can be applied, and are relevant to questions of everyday life. This perennial topic in philosophy provides an overview of these various applied philosophy developments, highlighting similarities and differences between various areas of applied philosophy, and examining the very nature of this topic. It is an area to which many of the towering figures in the history of philosophy have contributed, and this timely Companion demonstrates how various historical contributions are actually contributions within applied philosophy, even if they are not traditionally seen as such. The Companion contains 42 essays covering major areas of philosophy; the articles themselves are all original contributions to the literature and represent the state of the art on this topic, as well as offering a map to the current debates.


The Judicial Assessment of Expert Evidence

The Judicial Assessment of Expert Evidence

Author: Déirdre Dwyer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-12-18

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 052150970X

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Deirdre Dwyer examines how a court can decide when to accept an expert's opinion, focusing on English civil justice.


Social Epistemology and Epistemic Agency

Social Epistemology and Epistemic Agency

Author: Patrick J. Reider

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-07-15

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1783483490

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The field of epistemology is undergoing significant changes. Primary among these changes is an ever growing appreciation for the role social influences play on one’s ability to acquire and assess knowledge claims. Arguably, social epistemology’s greatest influence on traditional epistemology is its stance on de-centralizing the epistemic agent. In other words, its practitioners have actively sought to dispel the claim that individuals can be solely responsible for the assessment, acquisition, dissemination, and retention of knowledge. This view opposes traditional epistemology, which tends to focus on the individual’s capacity to form and access knowledge claims independent of his or her relationship to society. Social Epistemology and Epistemic Agency is an essential resource for academics and students who ask, “in what manner does society engender its members with the ability to act as epistemic agents, what actions constitute epistemic agency, and what type of beings can be epistemic agents?”


Naturalized Epistemology and Philosophy of Science

Naturalized Epistemology and Philosophy of Science

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9401204365

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Much has happened in the field of contemporary epistemology since Quine’s “Epistemology Naturalized” was published in 1969. Even before Ronald Giere published his article “Philosophy of Science Naturalized,” naturalized philosophy of science had been influenced by the so-called historical approach. Kuhm, Lakatos, Feyerabend and Laudan all contributed importantly to this trend. In this light it has emerged, without a doubt, that philosophy of science is closely related to epistemology. This volume explores some of the relevant relations and will be of interest to epistemologists and philosophers of science.


The Philosophy of Money and Finance

The Philosophy of Money and Finance

Author: Joakim Sandberg

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2024-01-18

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0192898809

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The Philosophy of Money and Finance presents sixteen original essays providing a comprehensive introduction to questions concerning the nature of money and monetary value, the epistemology of markets, and the ethics of financial systems.


The Routledge Companion to Epistemology

The Routledge Companion to Epistemology

Author: Sven Bernecker

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2011-01-19

Total Pages: 938

ISBN-13: 1136882014

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Epistemology, the philosophy of knowledge, is at the core of many of the central debates and issues in philosophy, interrogating the notions of truth, objectivity, trust, belief and perception. The Routledge Companion to Epistemology provides a comprehensive and the up-to-date survey of epistemology, charting its history, providing a thorough account of its key thinkers and movements, and addressing enduring questions and contemporary research in the field. Organized thematically, the Companion is divided into ten sections: Foundational Issues, The Analysis of Knowledge, The Structure of Knowledge, Kinds of Knowledge, Skepticism, Responses to Skepticism, Knowledge and Knowledge Attributions, Formal Epistemology, The History of Epistemology, and Metaepistemological Issues. Seventy-eight chapters, each between 5000 and 7000 words and written by the world’s leading epistemologists, provide students with an outstanding and accessible guide to the field. Designed to fit the most comprehensive syllabus in the discipline, this text will be an indispensible resource for anyone interested in this central area of philosophy. The Routledge Companion to Epistemology is essential reading for students of philosophy.


Intellectual Agency and Virtue Epistemology: A Montessori Perspective

Intellectual Agency and Virtue Epistemology: A Montessori Perspective

Author: Patrick Frierson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-12-12

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 135001883X

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Drawing on the work of Maria Montessori and contemporary virtue epistemologists such as Linda Zagzebski and Jason Baehr, Intellectual Agency and Virtue Epistemology presents a new interpretation of the nature of intellectual agency and its associated virtues. Focusing on Montessori's interpretation of specific virtues including sensory attentiveness, intellectual love and intellectual humility, it discusses why these are virtues, why one can be held responsible for them, and how they relate to each other. Moreover, it considers pedagogical implications of considering these capacities to be virtues. Intellectual Agency and Virtue Epistemology not only reveals the value of seeing Montessori as a virtue epistemologist, it encourages educationalists to take seriously the cultivation of intellectual virtues as an important part of the education of children.


Epistemic Evaluation

Epistemic Evaluation

Author: David K. Henderson

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 019964263X

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Twelve leading philosophers explore and apply a particular methodology in epistemology, which might be called purposeful epistemology. The idea is that considerations about the point and purpose of our concepts (or epistemic norms) promise to yield important insights for epistemological theorizing.