Belief and Knowledge - Mapping the Cognitive Landscape (Paperback, New)

Contesting much contemporary epistemology and cognitive science, noted philosopher Kenneth M. Sayre argues that, while some cognitive attitudes such as believing take propositions as objects, there are many others (knowing, hoping, fearing, etc.) whose objects are instead states of affairs. Therefore, knowledge cannot be belief with other factors such as justification added, nor can hope and fear be relations a subject bears to neuronal brain states functioning as propositional representations. To support these claims Sayre undertakes a detailed exploration of belief and knowledge and traces the relations of cognitive attitudes to a network of related concepts like certainty, truth, representation, and intentionality. His findings not only challenge current orthodoxy but open new paths of research in epistemology and cognitive science.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory
Release date:	1998
First published:	November 1997
Authors:	Kenneth M. Sayre
Dimensions:	228 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8476-8473-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Promotions
LSN:	0-8476-8473-3
Barcode:	9780847684731

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