The varieties of pragmatism truth, realism, and knowledge from James to Rorty
For much of the twentieth century, many Anglo-American philosophers supported three theses - one about reality, one about truth, and one about human knowledge - that, taken together, underwrote debates in epistemology. The first was realism: the commonsensical-sounding view that the world of physica...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum
2006.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Continuum studies in American philosophy. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31613159*spi |
| Sumario: | For much of the twentieth century, many Anglo-American philosophers supported three theses - one about reality, one about truth, and one about human knowledge - that, taken together, underwrote debates in epistemology. The first was realism: the commonsensical-sounding view that the world of physical objects exists independently of human thought or language. The second was the correspondence theory of truth, according to which true statements or beliefs are those which accurately represent the way the world is. The third was foundationalism: the view that our knowledge of the world, like an ed. |
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| Descripción Física: | 176 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [159]-172) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9781847141309 9780826487216 |
