Belief And Truth
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Author | : Katja Maria Vogt |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2012-09-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199916810 |
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Belief and Truth: A Skeptic Reading of Plato explores a Socratic intuition about belief, doxa — belief is "shameful." In aiming for knowledge, one must aim to get rid of beliefs. Vogt shows how deeply this proposal differs from contemporary views, but that it nevertheless speaks to intuitions we are likely to share with Plato, ancient skeptics, and Stoic epistemologists.
Author | : D. M. Armstrong |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1973-02-08 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521087063 |
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A wide-ranging study of the central concepts in epistemology - belief, truth and knowledge. Professor Armstrong offers a dispositional account of general beliefs and of knowledge of general propositions. Belief about particular matters of fact are described as structures in the mind of the believer which represent or 'map' reality, while general beliefs are dispositions to extend the 'map' or introduce casual relations between portions of the map according to general rules. 'Knowledge' denotes the reliability of such beliefs as representations of reality. Within this framework Professor Armstrong offers a distinctive account of many of the main questions in general epistemology - the relations between beliefs and language, the notions of proposition, concept and idea, the analysis of truth, the varieties of knowledge, and the way in which beleifs and knowledge are supported by reasons. The book as a whole if offered as a contribution to a naturalistic account of man.
Author | : Richard Foley |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2012-07-22 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0691154724 |
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A woman glances at a broken clock and comes to believe it is a quarter past seven. Yet, despite the broken clock, it really does happen to be a quarter past seven. Her belief is true, but it isn't knowledge. This is a classic illustration of a central problem in epistemology: determining what knowledge requires in addition to true belief. In this provocative book, Richard Foley finds a new solution to the problem in the observation that whenever someone has a true belief but not knowledge, there is some significant aspect of the situation about which she lacks true beliefs--something important that she doesn't quite "get." This may seem a modest point but, as Foley shows, it has the potential to reorient the theory of knowledge. Whether a true belief counts as knowledge depends on the importance of the information one does or doesn't have. This means that questions of knowledge cannot be separated from questions about human concerns and values. It also means that, contrary to what is often thought, there is no privileged way of coming to know. Knowledge is a mutt. Proper pedigree is not required. What matters is that one doesn't lack important nearby information. Challenging some of the central assumptions of contemporary epistemology, this is an original and important account of knowledge.
Author | : David Malet Armstrong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Belief and doubt |
ISBN | : 9780521087063 |
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A wide-ranging study of the central concepts in epistemology - belief, truth and knowledge. Professor Armstrong offers a dispositional account of general beliefs and of knowledge of general propositions. Belief about particular matters of fact are described as structures in the mind of the believer which represent or 'map' reality, while general beliefs are dispositions to extend the 'map' or introduce casual relations between portions of the map according to general rules. 'Knowledge' denotes the reliability of such beliefs as representations of reality. Within this framework Professor Armstrong offers a distinctive account of many of the main questions in general epistemology - the relations between beliefs and language, the notions of proposition, concept and idea, the analysis of truth, the varieties of knowledge, and the way in which beleifs and knowledge are supported by reasons. The book as a whole if offered as a contribution to a naturalistic account of man.
Author | : Miriam Schleifer McCormick |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2014-10-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1136682686 |
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The question of whether it is ever permissible to believe on insufficient evidence has once again become a live question. Greater attention is now being paid to practical dimensions of belief, namely issues related to epistemic virtue, doxastic responsibility, and voluntarism. In this book, McCormick argues that the standards used to evaluate beliefs are not isolated from other evaluative domains. The ultimate criteria for assessing beliefs are the same as those for assessing action because beliefs and actions are both products of agency. Two important implications of this thesis, both of which deviate from the dominant view in contemporary philosophy, are 1) it can be permissible (and possible) to believe for non-evidential reasons, and 2) we have a robust control over many of our beliefs, a control sufficient to ground attributions of responsibility for belief.
Author | : Robert Lawrence Kuhn |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Companies |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
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Fifty internationally renowned scientists and scholars challenge all manner of current belief, from general consciousness to the Big Bang, in this official companion volume to the groundbreaking new PBS series.
Author | : Mark Jago |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0198823819 |
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Mark Jago offers a new metaphysical account of truth. He argues that to be true is to be made true by the existence of a suitable worldly entity. Truth arises as a relation between a proposition - the content of our sayings, thoughts, beliefs, and so on - and an entity (or entities) in the world.
Author | : Jerry Durr |
Publisher | : Mill City Press, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2018-06-12 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9781545634110 |
Download The Truth Is Beyond Belief! Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"What you think about God, another person, or the world, means nothing and it means everything. It means nothing because it often has nothing to do with how they actually are in their fullness. It means everything because it has everything to do with how you will see and experience them. To your absolute good fortune Their Truth is Beyond your Belief!"
Author | : John Polkinghorne |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2009-01-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1611640032 |
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How did the universe begin? Can God's existence be proven? Do humans matter more than animals? For many years people have sent the scientist-turned-priest John Polkinghorne these and other questions about science and belief. In question-and-answer format, Polkinghorne and his collaborator Nicholas Beale offer their highly informed opinions about some of the most frequently asked of these questions. Readers can follow their own paths through the book, selecting questions that interest them and looking at the additional material if they choose. This unique book will help Christians clarify their beliefs regarding difficult issues and better face challenges--from within and from others--to their faith.
Author | : Bruce Milne |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2009-12-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830825762 |
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This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Bruce Milne's excellent handbook expounds the great themes of God's Word and how they fit together. Each chapter deals with one aspect of biblical truth, and the main sections conclude with practical reflection.