Common Sense, Science and Scepticism: A Historical Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge - Softcover

Musgrave, Alan

 
9780521436250: Common Sense, Science and Scepticism: A Historical Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521436257 ISBN 13: 9780521436250
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

An introductory survey of the epistemological debate between scepticism and dogmatism, defending the fallibilist position.

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Review

"The treatment of basic issues in epistemology is quite nicely done, and although the book is intended as an introduction, it is not confined to the coverage of elementary topics. Musgrave does devote a good deal of space to the discussion of such standard epistemological material as skepticism, but he also includes interesting, elegant, and informative summaries of problems and theories in logic, semantics, and the philosophy of mathematics. The book can be read profitably by anyone with an interest in epistemology and its history." Douglas M. Jesseph, Isis

Book Description

An introductory and historically-based survey of the debate between epistemological scepticism and the opposing dogmatism, out of which a third view, fallibilism, or critical rationalism, is developed.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521436257
ISBN 13 
9780521436250
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
326

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