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Truly Understood
OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 34.99In Truly Understood, Christopher Peacocke argues that truth and reference have a much deeper role in the explanation of meaning and understanding than has hitherto been appreciated. Examination of specific concepts shows that a grasp of these concepts has to be characterized in terms of reference, identity, and relations to the world. Peacocke develops... more...
Ursachen
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 28.00The concept of cause plays a central role in explaining, controlling, and assigning responsibility for events. Despite the concept?s long history in philosophy, there is still no clear consensus on whether strict causal relationships even exist. This new volume follows the proven format of the Basic Questions in Philosophy series:After a discussion... more...
When Is True Belief Knowledge?
Princeton University Press 2012; US$ 35.00A 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... more...
Objectivity
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 219.99- Is objectivity possible?- Can there be objectivity in matters of morals, or tastes?- What would a truly objective account of the world be like?- Is everything subjective, or relative?- Are moral judgments objective or c more...
On Truth and Untruth
HarperCollins 2010; Not Available?We continue to live within the intellectual shadow cast by Nietzsche.? ? New York Times Book Review Best known for his seminal works on religion, morality, existentialism, and contemporary culture, such as The Birth of Tragedy and Thus Spoke Zarathustra , Nietzsche focuses his penetrating insight on assessing the nature of truth in this concise... more...
Justification and the Truth-Connection
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 79.00Presents and defends a bold new approach to the ethics of belief and to resolving the internalism-externalism debate in epistemology. more...
Debating Self-Knowledge
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 79.00Brueckner and Ebbs debate whether a person can coherently doubt that she knows what thoughts her utterances express. more...
The Sensitivity Principle in Epistemology
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 79.00Provides new thinking on the compelling subject of 'sensitivity' - a principle typically characterized as a necessary condition for knowledge. more...
Inference to the Best Explanation
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 38.95How do we go about weighing evidence, testing hypotheses, and making inferences? According to the model of Inference to the Best Explanation , we work out what to infer from the evidence by thinking about what would actually explain that evidence, and we take the ability of a hypothesis to explain the evidence as a sign that the hypothesis is correct.... more...
The Force of Reason and the Logic of Force
Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 109.00The Force of Reason and the Logic of Force investigates the concept of force through various 'episodes' in the history of philosophy. The author argues that force arises on the basis of the distinction of reality and mere appearance. The book looks at figures who reduce force to something other than itself as well as figures who develop a 'logic... more...









