What’s the Point of Knowledge?: A Function-First Epistemology 1st Edition Michael Hannon

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• ISBN-10: 0190914742
• ISBN-13: 9780190914745
• Author: Michael Hannon

This book is about knowledge and its value. At its heart is a straightforward idea: we can answer many interesting and difficult questions in epistemology by reflecting on the role of epistemic evaluation in human life. Michael Hannon calls this approach function-first epistemology.To Hannon, the concept of knowledge is used to identify reliable informants; this practice is necessary, or at least deeply important, because it plays a vital role in human survival, cooperation, and flourishing.Though a seemingly simple idea, function-first epistemology has wide-reaching implications. From this premise, Hannon casts new light on the very nature and value of knowledge, the differences between knowledge and understanding, the relationship between knowledge, assertion, and practical reasoning, and the semantics of knowledge claims.This book forges new paths into some classic philosophical puzzles, including the Gettier problem, epistemic relativism, and philosophical skepticism. What’s the Point of Knowledge? shows that pivotal issues in epistemology can be resolved by taking a function-first approach, demonstrating the significant role that this method can play in contemporary philosophy.

Table contents:

Chapter 1 Methodologies in Epistemology
Chapter 2 The Point of Knowledge
Chapter 3 The Value of Fallible Knowledge
Chapter 4 Impure Knowledge
Chapter 5 Pluralism about Knowledge
Chapter 6 Epistemic Diversity
Chapter 7 Epistemic Pragmatism
Chapter 8 Skepticism and the Point of Knowledge
Chapter 9 What’s the Point of Understanding?

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