In this Introduction we shall state the business of both
descriptive and normative epistemology, and shall locate them in
the map oflearning. This must be done because epistemology has been
pronounced dead, and methodology nonexisting; and because, when
acknowledged at all, they are often misplaced. 1. DESCRIPTIVE
EPISTEMOLOGY The following problems are typical of classical
epistemology: (i) What can we know? (ii) How do we know? (iii)
What, if anything, does the subject contribute to his knowledge?
(iv) What is truth? (v) How can we recognize truth? (vi) What is
probable knowledge as opposed to certain knowledge? (vii) Is there
a priori knowledge, and if so of what? (viii) How are knowledge and
action related? (ix) How are knowledge and language related? (x)
What is the status of concepts and propositions? In some guise or
other all of these problems are still with us. To be sure, if
construed as a demand for an inventory of knowledge the first
problem is not a philosophical one any more than the question 'What
is there?'. But it is a genuine philosophical problem if construed
thus: 'What kinds of object are knowable-and which ones are not?'
However, it is doubtful that philosophy can offer a correct answer
to this problem without the help of science and technology. For
example, only these disciplines can tell us whether man can know
not only phenomena (appearances) but also noumena (things in
themselves or self-existing objects).
General
| Imprint: |
Springer
|
| Series: |
Treatise On Basic Philosophy |
| Release date: |
August 1983 |
| First published: |
August 1983 |
| Authors: |
M. Bunge
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
404 |
| Edition: |
Softcover Reprint Of The Original 1st Ed. 1983 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-90-277-1523-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Science: general issues >
Philosophy of science
|
| LSN: |
90-277-1523-8 |
| Barcode: |
9789027715234 |
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