226 Pages
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Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1970. This work evaluates the appeal to the sensually given which played an important role in epistemological discussions during the early 20 th Century. While many contemporary philosophers regarded this appeal as a mistake, there were still some who defended the notion of the given and even made it the foundation of their views regarding perception. The author here... Read more
Preface 1. The Given in Modern Philosophy 2. The Naïve View 3. The Given as Sense-Data 4. The Given as Objects 5. The Given as Immediate Experience 6. Problem or Pseudo-Problem 7. Making or Finding the Facts 8. Thought and Cognition 9. The Real Issue 10. Epistemology and the Scientific Study of Perception 11. Epistemology, Analytic Philosophy and Metaphysics 12. Common Sense and Rival Ontologies
Biography
Jacob Joshua Ross is Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University, Israel
