The Foundations of Knowledge
Published on 21. November 1995
Book
Hardback
154 pages
978-0-8226-3042-5 (ISBN)
Description
Contemporary epistemology has been moving away from classical foundationalism-the thesis that our empirical knowledge is grounded in perceptual beliefs we know with certainty. McGrew reexamines classical foundationalism and offers a compelling reconstruction and defense of empirical knowledge grounded in perceptual certainty. He articulates and defends a new version of foundationalism and demonstrates how it meets all the standard criticisms. The book offers substantial rebuttals of the arguments of Kuhn and Rorty and demonstrates the value of the classical analytic approach to philosophy. Foundations will interest philosophers of science, language, and the mind.
Reviews / Votes
. . . one of the most important recent defenses of internalist foundationalism . . . -- Robert Becker, Western Michigan University . . . an ambitious effort to revive classical foundationalism . . . -- Paul Moser, Loyola University of Chicago . . . carefully crafted . . . -- Jeffrey Tlumak, Vanderbilt University . . . a very good piece of work . . . -- Robert Audi, University of Nebraska . . . recommended as introduction to a significant strain of contemporary epistemology. It is clearly written, and it provides importnat bacground information along the way . . . -- Benjamin F. Armstrong Jr., Central College The chief beauty of McGrew's work resides in the careful way in which he lays out the basic elements of traditional theory and shows that numerous objections by some of its well known critics -notably Kuhn and Rorty- do not hold up under careful scrutiny . . . clearly accomplished and clearly and strongly argued. * CHOICE *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
426 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8226-3042-5 (9780822630425)
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Person
Timothy McGrew is assistant professor of philosophy at Western Michigan University. His articles have appeared in History of Philosophy Quarterly, Analysis, The Electronic Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and other journals.