The Community of Knowledge
Published on 16. December 1993
Book
Hardback
100 pages
978-0-7512-0270-0 (ISBN)
Description
The author of this book argues that it is essential to our idea of knowledge that knowledge can be communicated through "say-so" to a believing hearer. He offers an account of the mechanisms of testimony and the ways in which concepts of knowledge and belief intersect.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
notes, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 144 mm
Width: 222 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7512-0270-0 (9780751202700)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
The theory outlined; elaborations; testimony; a note about belief; epistemic values; what, then, is knowledge?. Appendices: "the right to say 'I know' is transmissible"; telling and behaving.