{"product_id":"knowledge-hardback-9780745650524","title":"Knowledge (Hardback) 9780745650524","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKnowledge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Evans (Author), Nicholas D. Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745650524, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 April 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.435 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\"An extremely accessible and up-to-date introduction to epistemology that canvasses a host of epistemological hot topics.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMetascience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a much needed up-to-date introduction to the central issues in epistemology. Its lucid and lively prose is ideal for introducing students to the concerns of the epistemological vanguard.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStewart Cohen, University of Arizona\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In this eminently readable book, Evans and Smith provide the most up-to-date introduction to the analysis of knowledge on the market. If you want to be on top of current and future trends in epistemology, read this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Graham, University of California Riverside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a fine introduction to epistemology. Well informed, interesting, and clearly written, it makes recent debates lucidly accessible to beginners.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnest Sosa, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Detailed, subtle, and sophisticated, this book does an excellent job discussing many of the central issues in traditional epistemology.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Lackey, Northwestern University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroductions to the theory of knowledge are plentiful, but none introduce students to the most recent debates that exercise contemporary philosophers. Ian Evans and Nicholas D. Smith aim to change that. Their book guides the reader through the standard theories of knowledge while simultaneously using these as a springboard to introduce current debates. Each chapter concludes with a “Current Trends” section pointing the reader to the best literature dominating current philosophical discussion. These include: the puzzle of reasonable disagreement; the so-called \"problem of easy knowledge\" the intellectual virtues; and new theories in the philosophy of language relating to knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapters include discussions of skepticism, the truth condition, belief and acceptance, justification, internalism versus externalism, epistemic evaluation, and epistemic contextualism. Evans and Smith do not merely offer a review of existing theories and debates; they also offer a novel theory that takes seriously the claim that knowledge is not unique to humans. Surveying current scientific literature in animal ethology, they discover surprising sophistication and diversity in non-human cognition. In their final analysis the authors provide a unified account of knowledge that manages to respect and explain this diversity. They argue that animals know when they make appropriate use of the cognitive processes available to animals of that kind, in environments within which those processes are veridically well-adapted.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively and accessible volume, ideal for undergraduate and post-graduate students. It is also set to spark debate among scholars for its novel approaches to traditional topics and its thoroughgoing commitment to naturalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1: Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge  \u003cp\u003e2: The Challenge of Skepticism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3: Contextualism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4: Warrant as Justification\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5: Justification, Defeaters, and Basing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6: Externalist Theories of Warrant\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7: Epistemic Evaluation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8: A New Theory of Knowledge, Part 1: The Desiderata and Non-Human Knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. A New Theory of Knowledge Part 2: Human Knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407321067800,"sku":"9780745650524","price":42.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745650524.jpg?v=1784161516","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/knowledge-hardback-9780745650524","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}