1st Edition

An Analysis of Knowing

By John Hartland-Swann Copyright 1958
143 Pages
by Routledge

143 Pages
by Routledge

143 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1958, this book focuses on the meaning, interpretation, and use of the verb ‘to know’. In our daily lives we are often claiming to know this or not to know that; and it is not therefore surprising that the verb has played a major role in philosophical speculation from Plato down to Bertrand Russell. This book analyses the varying meanings of ‘know’ in its different operational... Read more

Prefatory Note 1. Introduction 2. Knowing That: Its Function in Discourse 3. Knowing That: The problem of Justification 4. Knowing How and Knowing That 5. Other Uses of ‘Know’ 6. Knowing and Being Aware Of 7. Knowing and Believing 8. Our Knowledge of the World 9. Two Final Problems

Biography

John Hartland-Swann