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1、WhatIsKnowledge?HARPERESSAYSINPHILOSOPHYEditedbyArthurC.DantoArthurC.DantoWHATPHILOSOPHYIsNorwoodRussellHansonOBSEEVATIONANDEXPLANATIONJerroldJ.KatzTHEUNDERLYINGREALITYOFLANGUAGEANDITSPHILOSOPHICALIMPOETNormanMalcolmPROBLEMSOFMINDDavidPearsWHATISKNOWLEDGE?HilaryPutnamPHILOSOPHYOFLOGIC
2、B.A.0.WilliamsMORALITYRobertPaulWolffINDEFENSEOFANARCHISMRichardWollheimARTANDITSOBJECTSWhatIsKnowledge?DavidPearsATORCHBOOKLIBRARYEDITIONHarper&Row,PublishersNewYork,Evanston,SanFrancisco,LondonWHATisKNOWLEDGE?Copyright©1971byDavidPearsAllrightsreserved.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmer
3、ica.Nopartofthisbookmaybeusedorreproducedinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwrittenpermissionexceptintheeaseofbriefquotationsembodiedincriticalarticlesandreviews.ForinformationaddressHarper&Eow,Publishers,Inc.,49East33rdStreet,NewYork,N.Y.10016.PublishedsimultaneouslyinCanadabyFitzhenry&Whit
4、esideLimited,Toronto.FirstTOECHBOOKMBBARYEDITIONpublished1971LIBRARTOPCONGRESSCATALOGCARDNUMBER:73-152347STANDARDBOOKNUMBER:061315869PrefaceInthisessaymanyquestionsareraised,butfewareanswered.Itisintendedasanintroductiontothetheoryofknowledge.Butitmightalsoservemoregenerallyasanintrod
5、uctiontophilosophy,becauseonewayofapproachingphilosophyistoreflectonthequestion"Whatisknowledge?"If,likeDes•cartes,IaskmyselfhowmuchIreallyknow,Ican•notanswerthatquestionuntilIknowwhatcountsasknowledge.Whatarethestandards?Aretheyalwaysthesame,ordotheyvarywithdifferentkindsofknowledgea
6、ccordingtothesubjectmatter?Perhapsitalsomakesadifferencewhatsortofpersonismak•ingtheclaimtoknowledgeandinwhatkindofcon•text.Sometimeswemightuseaveryhighstandardinassessingaclaim,butatothertimesgreatrigorwouldbeoutofplace.Thereis,ofcourse,nosimpleanswertotheques•tionwhatknowledgeis.The
7、problemdividesliketherootsofatree.Youtakewhatappearstobeasinglebigissue,andconnectedquestionscomeupatsur•prisinglydistantplaces.IfItrytosayhowmuchIreallyknow,onepossibilitythathastobeconsideredviPrefaceisthatscepticismdeservestobemorepopularthanitis.Anexaminationofscepticism,atleastin
8、itsmo
