Cognition
An Epistemological Inquiry
Published on 1. September 1992
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-268-00792-8 (ISBN)
Description
Cognition is a basic introductory text for college courses in the philosophy of knowledge. Joseph Owens, C.Ss.R., here expands the narrowly metaphysical treatment of knowledge given in his earlier book, An Elementary Christian Metaphysics, into a full-fledged epistemology. This text utilizes the traditions of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas to reacquaint students of philosophy with a number of insights basic for a philosophic understanding of knowledge. These insights into the nature of abstraction, truth, the ground of certitude, and other major concerns of epistemology will help students clarify the approaches of contemporary philosophies.
Reviews / Votes
"[An] introductory college text for courses in philosophy of knowledge. The author utilizes the traditions of Aristotle and Aquinas to gain insights into the nature of abstraction, truth, the ground of certitude, and other major epistemological concerns." -Philosophy Science"Cognition is a closely reasoned presentation of the main lines of Owens's Thomistic epistemology and a compelling response to its modern and contemporary challengers." -The Canadian Catholic Review
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Notre Dame IN
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
706 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-268-00792-8 (9780268007928)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Joseph Owens, C.Ss.R., (d. 2005) was Professor of Philosophy at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto.
Content
Part 1 Sense Cognition; The Problem of Cognition; The Primary of the External; Cognitional Content; The Cognitive Agent. Part 2 Intellectual Cognition: Abstraction; Judgment and Reasoning; Truth; Assent; The Ground of Certitude; Grounds of Error, Opinion and Belief. Part 3 Organised Knowledge: The Sciences; Philosophies.