The Sensitivity Principle in Epistemology Contributor(s): Becker, Kelly (Editor), Black, Tim (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1107004233 ISBN-13: 9781107004238 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology |
Dewey: 121.6 |
LCCN: 2012015434 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 294 pages |
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Publisher Description: The sensitivity principle is a compelling idea in epistemology and is typically characterized as a necessary condition for knowledge. This collection of thirteen new essays constitutes a state-of-the-art discussion of this important principle. Some of the essays build on and strengthen sensitivity-based accounts of knowledge and offer novel defences of those accounts. Others present original objections to sensitivity-based accounts (objections that must be taken seriously even by those who defend enhanced versions of sensitivity) and offer comprehensive analysis and discussion of sensitivity's virtues and problems. The resulting collection will stimulate new debate about the sensitivity principle and will be of great interest and value to scholars and advanced students of epistemology. |
Contributor Bio(s): Becker, Kelly: - Kelly Becker is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of Epistemology Modalized (2007).Black, Tim: - Tim Black is an Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at California State University, Northridge. |