{"product_id":"the-fixation-of-belief-and-its-undoing-changing-beliefs-through-inquiry-paperback-9780521110297","title":"The Fixation of Belief and its Undoing; Changing Beliefs through Inquiry (Paperback) 9780521110297","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Fixation of Belief and its Undoing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChanging Beliefs through Inquiry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book will be of particular interest to discussion theorists, epistemologists, philosophers of science, computer scientists and cognitive psychologists.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsaac Levi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521110297, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 7 May 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.31 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 Fixation of Belief and Its Undoing is a paradigm of pragmatic philosophy, for it is a sustained and serious attempt at working out a theory of how inquiry is and should be conducted.\"   Canadian Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIsaac Levi's new book is concerned with how one can justify changing one's beliefs. The discussion is deeply informed by the belief-doubt model advocated by C. S. Peirce and John Dewey, of which the book provides a substantial analysis. Professor Levi then addresses the conceptual framework of potential changes available to an inquirer. A structural approach to propositional attitudes is proposed, which rejects the conventional view that a propositional attitude involves a relation between an agent and either a linguistic entity or some other intentional object such as a proposition or set of possible worlds. The last two chapters offer an account of change in states of full belief understood as changes in commitments rather than changes in performance; one chapter deals with adding new information to a belief state, the other with giving up information. The book builds upon topics discussed in some of Levi's earlier work. It will be of particular interest to discussion theorists, epistemologists, philosophers of science, computer scientists, and cognitive psychologists.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Full belief\u003cbr\u003e 3. Expansion\u003cbr\u003e 4. Contractions\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: logic [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: logic\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20logic%20%5BHPL%5D%22\"\u003eHPL\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":46006478602520,"sku":"9780521110297","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521110297i_7a0481a4-82b0-40e9-b015-a74437ab26d3.jpg?v=1691371166","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-fixation-of-belief-and-its-undoing-changing-beliefs-through-inquiry-paperback-9780521110297","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}