{"product_id":"common-sense-science-and-scepticism-a-historical-introduction-to-the-theory-of-knowledge-paperback-9780521436250","title":"Common Sense, Science and Scepticism; A Historical Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (Paperback) 9780521436250","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCommon Sense, Science and Scepticism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Historical Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn introductory survey of the epistemological debate between scepticism and dogmatism, defending the fallibilist position.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan Musgrave (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521436250, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 February 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 14 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 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\"The treatment of basic issues in epistemology is quite nicely done, and although the book is intended as an introduction, it is not confined to the coverage of elementary topics.  Musgrave does devote a good deal of space to the discussion of such standard epistemological material as skepticism, but he also includes interesting, elegant, and informative summaries of problems and theories in logic, semantics, and the philosophy of mathematics.  The book can be read profitably by anyone with an interest in epistemology and its history.\"   Douglas M. Jesseph, Isis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCan we know anything for certain? Dogmatists think we can, sceptics think we cannot, and epistemology is the great debate between them. Some dogmatists seek certainty in the deliverances of the senses. Sceptics object that the senses are not an adequate basis for certain knowledge. Other dogmatists seek certainty in the deliverances of pure reason.  Sceptics object that rational self-evidence is no guarantee of truth. This book is an introductory and historically-based survey of the debate, siding for the most part with scepticism to show that the desire to vanquish it has often led to doctrines of idealism or anti-realism. Scepticism, science and common sense produce another view, fallibilism or critical rationalism: although we can have little or no certain knowledge, as the sceptics maintain, we can and do have plenty of conjectural knowledge. Fallibilism incorporates an uncompromising realism about perception, science, and the nature of truth.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The problem of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 2. Scepticism under attack\u003cbr\u003e 3. Scepticism regarding the senses\u003cbr\u003e 4. Empiricist psychology\u003cbr\u003e 5. Idea-ism, appearance and reality\u003cbr\u003e 6. Primary and secondary qualities\u003cbr\u003e 7. Berkeley: idea-ism becomes idealism\u003cbr\u003e 8. Hume: idea-ism becomes irrationalism\u003cbr\u003e 9. Countering Hume on induction\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Rationalist alternative\u003cbr\u003e 11. Rationalism defended: Descartes\u003cbr\u003e 12. Kant and the synthetic a priori\u003cbr\u003e 13. Alternative geometries\u003cbr\u003e 14. Truth and truth-theories\u003cbr\u003e 15. Fallibilist realism.\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":46002506629400,"sku":"9780521436250","price":44.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521436250_eb201f97-c334-49c2-86f1-ff597e341a5b.gif?v=1691381831","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/common-sense-science-and-scepticism-a-historical-introduction-to-the-theory-of-knowledge-paperback-9780521436250","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}