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The Likelihood of Knowledge (Hardcover, 1988 ed.)
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The Likelihood of Knowledge (Hardcover, 1988 ed.)
Series: Philosophical Studies Series, 38
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It is convenient to divide the theory of knowledge into three sets
of problems: 1. the nature of knowledge, certainty and related
notions, 2. the nature and validi ty of the sources of knowledge,
and 3. answers to skeptical arguments. The first set includes
questions such as: What is it to know that something is the case?
Does knowledge imply certainty? If not, how do they differ? What
are the con ditions of knowledge? What is it to be justified in
accepting something? The sec ond deals with the ways in which
knowledge can be acquired. Traditional sources have included
sources of premisses such as perception, memory, in trospection,
innateness, revelation, testimony, and methods for drawing conclu
sions such as induction and deduction, among others. Under this
heading, philosophers have asked: Does innateness provide
knowledge? Under what con ditions are beliefs from perception,
testimony and memory justified? When does induction yield justified
belief? Can induction itself be justified? Debates in this area
have sometimes led philosophers to question sources (e. g., revela
tion, innateness) but usually the aim has been to clarify and
increase our understanding of the notion of knowledge. The third
class includes the peren nial puzzles taught to beginning students:
the existence of other minds, the problem of the external world
(along with questions about idealism and phenomenalism), and more
general skeptical problems such as the problem of the criterion.
These sets of questions are related."
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