136 Pages
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Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
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Routledge
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Originally published in 1986. Wittgenstein, William James, Thomas Kuhn and John Wisdom share an attitude towards problems in the theory of knowledge which is fundamentally in conflict with the empiricist tradition. They encourage the idea that in understanding the central concepts of epistemology – objectivity, certainty and reasoning – people and their practices matter most. This clash between... Read more
Introduction 1. The Human Contribution: William James and Thomas Kuhn 2. The Two Faces of Objectivity 3. A Role for Observation 4. Certainty and Human Action: Wittgenstein 5. Reason and Particular Cases: John Wisdom 6. Rationality, Relativism and Objectiveness
Biography
R. W. Newell
