Human knowledge
Subtitle: classical and contemporary approaches
By: edited by Paul K. Moser and Arnold vander Nat.
Contributors: Moser, Paul K., 1957-; Vander Nat, Arnold.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
Subjects: Knowledge, Theory of.
Description: Offering a unique and wide-ranging examination of the theory of knowledge, this comprehensive collection deftly blends readings from the foremost classical sources with the work of important contemporary philosophical thinkers. Human Knowledge: classical and contemporary approaches offers philosophical examinations of epistemology from ancient Greek and Roman philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Sextus Empiricus); medieval philosophy (Augustine, Aquinas); early modern philosophy (Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, Reid, Kant); classical pragmatism and Anglo-American empiricism (James, Russell, Ayer, Lewis, Carnap, Quine, Rorty); and other influential Anglo-American philosophers (Chisholm, Kripke, Moore, Wittgenstein, Strawson, Putnam).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.