Knowledge By Acceptance
A New and Practical Means of Identifying Knowledge
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Epistemology
| Author: | James R.J. Heumann | ISBN: | 9780995270428 |
| Publisher: | Sixth Element Press | Publication: | August 8, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | James R.J. Heumann |
| ISBN: | 9780995270428 |
| Publisher: | Sixth Element Press |
| Publication: | August 8, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
This book presents a new means of differentiating knowledge from non-knowledge. In other words, it presents a novel analysis of knowledge - list of conditions that, when met, indicate that a person knows something rather than merely believing it. The analysis of knowledge it proposes seems to overcome the problems that have plagued such theories to date, known as the 'Gettier problems' (after the philosopher Edmund Gettier, whose 1963 paper introduced them). But it goes beyond this solution to make the analysis of knowledge truly practical for everyday use by human beings rather than merely usable within idealized thought experiments in which the truth of the matter has been pre-determined. The analysis of knowledge also has the interesting result of directly explaining why the social presence of science, and one's education in its outputs, are crucial for the possession of much of the knowledge one rightly attributes to oneself.
The book is the first in an intended three-book series on knowledge. The goal of the book series will be to create a systematic theory of knowledge more or less complete in breadth (though not in depth), that reconciles philosophy with science, and through that with other similar social knowledge-building institutions like good journalism.
More specifically, the book series will seek to reconcile philosophy with science in two ways. First, it will provide an knowledge-related foundation for science. Second, it will show how philosophy must rely upon the outputs of science to inform it about any aspects of the world concerning which science has successfully built knowledge. It will thus fit within a perspective on philosophy known as moderate or cooperative naturalism. In addition, it will present a contemporary perspective on what has made science successful at advancing human knowledge, from the philosophy of science.
Thus, the theory of knowledge presented in this book series will justify what we commonly think of as good science and good scientific institutions. As such, the present first book also lays much groundwork needed to realize this larger vision, including framing the quest to understand knowledge using a set of guiding questions, and providing a novel theory of truth.
This book presents a new means of differentiating knowledge from non-knowledge. In other words, it presents a novel analysis of knowledge - list of conditions that, when met, indicate that a person knows something rather than merely believing it. The analysis of knowledge it proposes seems to overcome the problems that have plagued such theories to date, known as the 'Gettier problems' (after the philosopher Edmund Gettier, whose 1963 paper introduced them). But it goes beyond this solution to make the analysis of knowledge truly practical for everyday use by human beings rather than merely usable within idealized thought experiments in which the truth of the matter has been pre-determined. The analysis of knowledge also has the interesting result of directly explaining why the social presence of science, and one's education in its outputs, are crucial for the possession of much of the knowledge one rightly attributes to oneself.
The book is the first in an intended three-book series on knowledge. The goal of the book series will be to create a systematic theory of knowledge more or less complete in breadth (though not in depth), that reconciles philosophy with science, and through that with other similar social knowledge-building institutions like good journalism.
More specifically, the book series will seek to reconcile philosophy with science in two ways. First, it will provide an knowledge-related foundation for science. Second, it will show how philosophy must rely upon the outputs of science to inform it about any aspects of the world concerning which science has successfully built knowledge. It will thus fit within a perspective on philosophy known as moderate or cooperative naturalism. In addition, it will present a contemporary perspective on what has made science successful at advancing human knowledge, from the philosophy of science.
Thus, the theory of knowledge presented in this book series will justify what we commonly think of as good science and good scientific institutions. As such, the present first book also lays much groundwork needed to realize this larger vision, including framing the quest to understand knowledge using a set of guiding questions, and providing a novel theory of truth.
