Frank, David John, Ann Hironaka, John W. Meyer, Evan Schofer and Nancy Brandon Tuma (1999) “The rationalization and organization of nature in world culture,” pp. 81–99 in John Boli and George M. Thomas (eds), Constructing World Culture: ...
Introductions to the theory of knowledge are plentiful, but none introduce students to the most recent debates that exercise contemporary philosophers. Ian Evans and Nicholas D. Smith aim to change that.
How can we know that the outer world is real and not a dream? Questions like these are ancient ones, and the branch of philosophy dedicated to answering them - epistemology - has been active for thousands of years.
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Inspired by today's world of increasingly available knowledge and rapidly changing access to it, this book examines the challenges of decision making when knowledge expands faster than we can learn, analyzes how knowledge changes shape ...
This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in epistemology, the philosophy of language, or the intersection between the two areas.
A wide-ranging and historically-informed assessment of the ways in which man has - and continues to - pursue, question, contest, expand and shape knowledge, this book is essential reading anyone in the Humanities and Social Sciences ...
Knowledge: The Philosophical Quest in History
The increasing investment in scientific knowledge, in its production, distribution and reproduction, is acquiring greater social significance.