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1、1222234WHATISTHIS5THINGCALLED6KNOWLEDGE?7891022212‘...avaluableaddition...abookthatsetsthingsoutinaclearand3elementaryway,whilestillcoveringthegroundproperly.’4FinnSpicer,UniversityofBristol,UK5222‘Clearlylaidout,wellorganizedandwrittenbyatrueexpert.’6222MichaelLynch,UniversityofC
2、onnecticut,USA78Whatisknowledge?Wheredoesitcomefrom?9Canweknowanythingatall?201Thislucidandengagingintroductiongrappleswiththesecentralquestionsin2thetheoryofknowledge,offeringaclear,non-partisanviewofthemainthemes3ofepistemology,includingrecentdevelopmentssuchasvirtueepistemology
3、and4contextualism.5DuncanPritcharddiscussesbothtraditionalissuesandcontemporaryideas6inthirteeneasilydigestiblesectionswhichinclude:7•Thevalueofknowledge8•Thestructureofknowledge9•Virtuesandfaculties30222•Perception1•Testimonyandmemory2•Induction3•Scepticism45Whatisthisthingcalled
4、knowledge?containsmanyhelpfulstudent-friendly6features.Eachchapterconcludeswithausefulsummaryofthemainideas7discussed,studyquestions,annotatedfurtherreading,andaguidetoweb8resources.Text-boxesprovidebite-sizedsummariesofkeyconceptsandmajor9philosophers,andclearandinterestingexampl
5、esareusedthroughout,whilsta40helpfulglossaryexplainsimportantterms.Thisisanidealfirsttextbookinthe1theoryofknowledgeforundergraduatestakingafirstcourseinphilosophy.2DuncanPritchardisProfessorofPhilosophyattheUniversityofStirling,UK.3222HeistheauthorofEpistemicLuckandtheco-authorofEp
6、istemologyA–Z.1222234567891022212345222WHATISTHIS62227THINGCALLED89KNOWLEDGE?2012345678DUNCANPRITCHARD93022212345678940123222Firstpublished2006byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RNSimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge270MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016R
7、outledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness©2006DuncanPritchardThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2006.“TopurchaseyourowncopyofthisoranyofTaylor&FrancisorRoutledge’scollectionofthousandsofeBookspleasegotowww.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”Printedandboundin
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