Ignorance - A Case for Scepticism (Paperback, New edition)

In this controversial volume (originally published in 1975) Peter Unger suggests that, not only can nothing ever be known, but no one can ever have a reason at all for anything. A consequence of this is that we cannot have any realistic emotional ties: it can never be conclusively said that someone is happy or sad about anything. Finally he argues that no one can ever say, let alone believe, that anything is the case. In order to get beyond this apparent bind - and this condition of ignorance - Unger proposes a radical departure from the linguistic and epistemological systems we have become accustomed to. Epistemologists, as well as philosophers of mind and language will undoubtedly find in this study of the limitations of language an invaluable philosophical perspective.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy
Release date:	1978
First published:	1979
Authors:	Peter Unger (Professor of Philosophy)
Dimensions:	210 x 141 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-824417-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Promotions
LSN:	0-19-824417-7
Barcode:	9780198244172

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