Real Knowing: New Versions of the Coherence Theory - Softcover

Alcoff, Linda Martín

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801474817 ISBN 13: 9780801474811

Publisher: Cornell University Press, 2008

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"A truly impressive scholarly achievement. For those who are interested in seeing how Gadamer and Foucault connect with Davidson and Putnam, Real Knowing is a rewarding and illuminating read."

--Matthias Steup "Philosophy and Phenomenological Research "

"Real Knowing is a fine advertisement for having continental philosophy be heard on issues that are sometimes still thought to be the preserve of Anglo-American philosophers. More important still, [Alcoff's] brand of 'social epistemology' shows the political import of what are often taken for merely theoretical issues. I look forward to the debates that this book will provoke."

--Robert Bernasconi

"Real Knowing is exciting, important, and extremely well written. The prose is clear and fluid, and the author is adept at taking notions that are notoriously vague and making their sense in her arguments clear."

--Lynn Hankinson Nelson

"This is a timely contribution to a fast-growing body of research in 'social epistemology, ' a field drawing the attention of philosophers, sociologists of knowledge, social constructionists, and others."

--James Wong "Hypatia "

About the Author

Linda Martin Alcoff is Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies and Director of Women's Studies at Syracuse University. She is the author of Singing in the Fire, Thinking from the Underside of History, Identities, Epistemology, and Visible Identities: Race, Gender, and the Self.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0801474817
• ISBN 13: 9780801474811
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 252