{"product_id":"achieving-knowledge-a-virtue-theoretic-account-of-epistemic-normativity-paperback-9780521144315","title":"Achieving Knowledge; A Virtue-Theoretic Account of Epistemic Normativity (Paperback) 9780521144315","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAchieving Knowledge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Virtue-Theoretic Account of Epistemic Normativity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArgues that knowledge is a kind of achievement, exploring questions of what it is and what kind of value it has.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Greco (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521144315, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 April 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages, 2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.8 x 0.4 cm, 0.353 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...Achieving Knowledge is a very competent addition to the literature, clearly meriting the attention of the growing number of epistemologists concerned with questions of value, virtue and justification... Achieving Knowledge is fundamentally an attempt to integrate competing intuitions concerning epistemic normativity into a single unifying theory...\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Michael-John Turp, University of Durham, UK, Philosophy in Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhen we affirm (or deny) that someone knows something, we are making a value judgment of sorts - we are claiming that there is something superior (or inferior) about that person's opinion, or their evidence, or perhaps about them. A central task of the theory of knowledge is to investigate the sort of evaluation at issue. This is the first book to make 'epistemic normativity,' or the normative dimension of knowledge and knowledge ascriptions, its central focus. John Greco argues that knowledge is a kind of achievement, as opposed to mere lucky success. This locates knowledge within a broader, familiar normative domain. By reflecting on our thinking and practices in this domain, it is argued, we gain insight into what knowledge is and what kind of value it has for us.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Epistemic Normativity: 1. Knowledge as success from ability\u003cbr\u003e 2. Against deontology\u003cbr\u003e 3. Against internalism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Against evidentialism\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Problems for Everyone: 5. The nature of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 6. The value of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 7. Knowledge and context\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Pyrrhonian problematic\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Problems for Reliabilism: 9. The problem of strange and fleeting processes\u003cbr\u003e 10. The problem of defeating evidence\u003cbr\u003e 11. The problem of easy knowledge\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: epistemology \u0026amp; theory of knowledge [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: epistemology \u0026amp; theory of knowledge\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20epistemology%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20of%20knowledge%20%5BHPK%5D%22\"\u003eHPK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003366527256,"sku":"9780521144315","price":19.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521144315i_66ff6377-9636-4ff4-9374-b0eef79b964e.jpg?v=1691372427","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/achieving-knowledge-a-virtue-theoretic-account-of-epistemic-normativity-paperback-9780521144315","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}