{"product_id":"scientific-epistemology-an-introduction-paperback","title":"Scientific Epistemology: An Introduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHilary Kornblith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpistemology has traditionally been motivated by a desire to respond to skeptical challenges. The skeptic presents an argument for the view that knowledge is impossible, and the theorist of knowledge is called upon to explain why we should think, contrary to the skeptic, that it is genuinely possible to gain knowledge. Traditional theories of knowledge offer responses to the skeptic which fail to draw on the resources of the sciences. This is no simple oversight; there are principled reasons why such resources are thought to be unavailable to the theorist of knowledge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book takes a different approach. After arguing that appeals to science are not illegitimate in responding to skepticism, this book shows how the sciences offer an illuminating perspective on traditional questions about the nature and possibility of knowledge. This book serves as an introduction to a scientifically informed approach to the theory of knowledge. This book is a vital resource for students and scholars interested in epistemology and its connections to recent development in cognitive science.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHilary Kornblith\u003c\/strong\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has written widely on topics in epistemology and related areas of philosophy of mind and metaphysics. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eInductive Inference and its Natural Ground\u003c\/em\u003e (1993), \u003cem\u003eKnowledge and its Place in Nature\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), \u003cem\u003eOn Reflection \u003c\/em\u003e(2012), \u003cem\u003eA Naturalistic Epistemology: Selected Papers\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), and \u003cem\u003eSecond Thoughts and the Epistemological Enterprise\u003c\/em\u003e (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.35 x 5.64 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 26, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52724117045555,"sku":"9780197609569","price":56.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/6nYJU5OZpd9780197609569.webp?v=1763683237","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/scientific-epistemology-an-introduction-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}