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Epistemology

  • Acceptable Premisesby James Freeman

    Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 38.00

    When, if ever, is one justified in accepting the premises of an argument? What is the proper criterion of premise acceptability? Can the criterion be theoretically or philosophically justified? This is the first book to provide a comprehensive theory of premise acceptability. more...

  • Achieving Knowledgeby John Greco

    Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 26.00

    Argues that knowledge is a kind of achievement, exploring questions of what it is and what kind of value it has. more...

  • Action in Contextby Anton Leist

    De Gruyter 2007; US$ 112.00

    The book illustrates the concept of action in three different contexts - the justification of actions, people?s life history, and pragmatism.Because of itscomprehensive view, this volume marks a departure from the atomistic approach of action theory. Thisin itself raises a number of questions, which the ten contributors to this volume deal with in... more...

  • Adaptive Thinkingby Gerd Gigerenzer

    Oxford University Press, USA 2002; US$ 33.99

    Where do new ideas come from? What is social intelligence? Why do social scientists perform mindless statistical rituals? This vital book is about rethinking rationality as adaptive thinking: to understand how minds cope with their environments, both ecological and social. Gerd Gigerenzer proposes and illustrates a bold new research program that investigates... more...

  • The Admissible Contents of Experienceby Katherine Hawley; Fiona Macpherson

    Wiley 2011; US$ 39.95

    Which objects and properties are represented in perceptual experience, and how are we able to determine this? The papers in this collection address these questions together with other fundamental questions about the nature of perceptual content. The book draws together papers by leading international philosophers of mind, including Alex  Byrne... more...

  • The Advancement of Learningby Francis Bacon

    Random House Publishing Group 2012; US$ 15.00

    Francis Bacon, lawyer, statesman, and philosopher, remains one of the most effectual thinkers in European intellectual history. We can trace his influence from Kant in the 1700s to Darwin a century later. The Advancement of Learning , first published in 1605, contains an unprecedented and thorough systematization of the whole range of human knowledge.... more...

  • Aesthetics and Cognition in Kant's Critical Philosophyby Rebecca Kukla

    Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 34.00

    This volume explores the relationship between Kant' s aesthetic theory and his critical epistemology as articulated in the Critique of Pure Reason and the Critique of the Power of Judgment. The essays revise our understanding of Kant's epistemology, including his notions of discursive understanding, experience, and objective judgment. more...

  • African Belief and Knowledge Systemsby Munyaradzi Mawere

    Langaa RPCIG 2011; US$ 22.95

    The debate on the existence of African philosophy has taken central stage in academic circles, and academics and researchers have tussled with various aspects of this subject. This book notes that the debate on the existence of African philosophy is no longer necessary. Instead, it urges scholars to demonstrate the different philosophical genres embedded... more...

  • Afrikology, Philosophy and Wholenessby Dani Wadada Nabudere

    Africa Institute of South Africa 2011; US$ 26.95

    How do we understand and create kowledge? Does scientific knowledge cover all knowledge? Afrikology tries to answer these questions by tracing the issue of epistemology to the Cradle of Humanity in Africa and through such a reflection the Monograph establishes a basis for holistic and integrated ways of knowledge production that makes it possible to... more...

  • Afrikology and Transdisciplinarityby Dani Wadada Nabudere

    Africa Institute of South Africa 2012; US$ 34.95

    This monograph is intended to examine the epistemology of restorative rights in view of the continuing violation of rights in all aspects of life on the African continent and other parts of the world. It is based on the research, which the Marcus Garvey Pan-Afrikan Institute undertook between 2006ñ2008, under a cross-disciplinary research project... more...