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An Analysis of Knowing (Hardcover)
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An Analysis of Knowing (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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First published in 1958, this book focuses on the meaning,
interpretation, and use of the verb 'to know'. In our daily lives
we are often claiming to know this or not to know that; and it is
not therefore surprising that the verb has played a major role in
philosophical speculation from Plato down to Bertrand Russell. This
book analyses the varying meanings of 'know' in its different
operational roles: knowing Jones seems to have a different sort of
logic from knowing French or from knowing what to do - and equally
from knowing that the earth is round and from knowing how to read
music. Knowing something is also different from merely believing
it. The main purpose of this book is to elucidate, in a new and
original way, this whole question of the logical behaviour of
'know'; but its further and no less important purpose is to show
how, once we have grasped the way in which certain key
'know'-statements function, a number of philosophical disputes may
be discussed more fruitfully and settled more expeditiously. Some
of the analyses offered will be regarded as controversial and will
undoubtedly provoke discussion. The style is lucid and economical
and technical terms are reduced to a minimum. This work is intended
not only for the professional philosopher and the university
student, but also for the general reader who is interested in the
methods of modern philosophical analysis.
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