Epistemology : 50 puzzles, paradoxes, and thought experiments / Kevin McCain.
"Imaginative cases, or what might be called puzzles, paradoxes, and other thought experiments, play a central role in epistemology (as in other areas of philosophy). A significant component of understanding epistemological debates and theories is appreciating various cases and what they are tho...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge,
2021.
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| Series: | Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments in Philosophy.
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| Summary: | "Imaginative cases, or what might be called puzzles, paradoxes, and other thought experiments, play a central role in epistemology (as in other areas of philosophy). A significant component of understanding epistemological debates and theories is appreciating various cases and what they are thought to show. This volume collects 50 of the most important puzzles, paradoxes, and thought experiments in contemporary epistemology and describes their significance. The volume gives each case a memorable name, describes the details of the case, explains the issue(s) to which the case is relevant, briefly overviews the key responses to the case that have been put forward, and provides a list of suggested readings on the topic. Each entry is accessible, succinct, and self-contained. Epistemology: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments is a fantastic teaching tool as well as a handy resource for anyone interested in epistemological issues. Key Features: Though concise overall, offers broad coverage of the key areas of epistemology. Describes each imaginative case directly and in a memorable way, making the cases accessible and easy to remember. Provides a list of Suggested Readings for each case, divided into General Overviews, Seminal Presentations, and Other Important Discussions"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781000417029 1000417026 9781003121091 1003121098 9781000416985 1000416984 |
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| Biographical or Historical Data: | Kevin McCain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His published works include Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification (2014), The Nature of Scientific Knowledge: An Explanatory Approach (2016), (with Ted Poston) Best Explanations: New Essays on Inference to the Best Explanation (2017), and (with Kostas Kampourakis) Uncertainty: How It Makes Science Advance (2019) |