Description
This volume draws together influential work by Hilary Kornblith on naturalistic epistemology. The naturalistic approach sees epistemology not as a matter of analysis of concepts, but as an explanatory project constrained and informed by work in the cognitive sciences. These essays expound and defend Kornblith's distinctive view of how we come to have knowledge of the world. He offers critical discussion of alternative approaches, such as foundationalism, the coherence theory of justification, internalism, and externalism; and he discusses social epistemology, the role of intuitions in philosophical theorizing, epistemic normativity, and the ways in which philosophical theories may be informed by empirical considerations. Kornblith aims to show how an epistemology which is based in the sciences of cognition may provide the understanding and intellectual illumination which has always been the goal of philosophical theorizing.
About the Author
Hilary Kornblith is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of Inductive Inference and its Natural Ground (MIT, Press, 1993); Knowledge and its Place in Nature (OUP, 2002); and On Reflection (OUP 2012).
Reviews
This volume will be a most welcome addition to the personal library of anyone interested in contemporary epistemology: the papers here collected provide a very comprehensive and clear defence of one of the most radical and widely discussed research programs, as offered by one of its fiercest and lucid advocates. * Giacomo Melis, Analysis *
As always Kornblith is a pleasure to read, in terms of both liveliness and forthrightness of argumentation. These are among the factors, no doubt, that explain the impact of his writing. He is also a bold thinker; and while some might find him too bold for their taste, I feel that philosophy can use more boldness than it usually gets. Boldness promotes diversity, and diversity is generally good for communities, ecosystems, and academic disciplines. * Alvin I. Goldman, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198712459
Author Hilary Kornblith
Format Hardback
Page Count 234
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 520g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 165mm * 18mm
About the Author
Hilary Kornblith is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of Inductive Inference and its Natural Ground (MIT, Press, 1993); Knowledge and its Place in Nature (OUP, 2002); and On Reflection (OUP 2012).
Reviews
This volume will be a most welcome addition to the personal library of anyone interested in contemporary epistemology: the papers here collected provide a very comprehensive and clear defence of one of the most radical and widely discussed research programs, as offered by one of its fiercest and lucid advocates. * Giacomo Melis, Analysis *
As always Kornblith is a pleasure to read, in terms of both liveliness and forthrightness of argumentation. These are among the factors, no doubt, that explain the impact of his writing. He is also a bold thinker; and while some might find him too bold for their taste, I feel that philosophy can use more boldness than it usually gets. Boldness promotes diversity, and diversity is generally good for communities, ecosystems, and academic disciplines. * Alvin I. Goldman, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198712459
Author Hilary Kornblith
Format Hardback
Page Count 234
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 520g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 165mm * 18mm
