1st Edition
Rational Understanding From Explanation to Knowledge
By Miloud Belkoniene
Copyright 2023
136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
This book develops a novel account of the connections between justification, understanding, and knowledge. It lays the foundation for a more systematic and interconnected treatment of these central notions in epistemology.
The author’s key move is to show first that a specific conception of doxastic justification constitutes our best point of entry into questions pertaining to a subject’s... Read more
Introduction
1. On Justification
2. The Distance From Truth
3. On Understanding
4. The Centrality of Truth
5. On Knowledge
6. The Possession of Truth
Biography
Miloud Belkoniene is Research Associate at the University of Glasgow with research interests in epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind. His work on justification and understanding has appeared in journals such as Synthese, Erkenntnis, and the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
“Miloud Belkoniene brings forth nothing short of a unified theory of evidence, justification, knowledge and understanding—no small feat indeed!”
Mikael Janvid, Stockholm University, Sweden
