Quines Epistemic Norms In Practice

Author : Michael Shepanski
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135030428X
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quine’s Epistemic Norms in Practice written by Michael Shepanski and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-29 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this illuminating guide to the criteria of rational theorizing, Michael Shepanski identifies, defends and applies W. V. Quine's epistemic norms – the norms that best explain Quine's decisions to accept some theories and not others. Parts I and II set out the doctrines of this epistemology, demonstrating their potential for philosophical application. Part III is a case study in which Shepanski develops a theory of the propositional attitudes by the method of formalizing inferences to behaviour. He presents critiques of popular alternative views, including foundationalism, the centrality of knowledge and Quine's own epistemological naturalism. By reassessing Quine's normative epistemology, Shepanski advances our understanding of Quine's philosophy whilst providing a guide for our own theorizing.

Author : Michael Shepanski
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ISBN 13 : 9781350304291
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quine's Epistemic Norms in Practice written by Michael Shepanski and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this illuminating guide to the criteria of rational theorizing, Michael Shepanski identifies, defends and applies W. V. Quine's epistemic norms - the norms that best explain Quine's decisions to accept some theories and not others. Parts I and II set out the doctrines of this epistemology, demonstrating their potential for philosophical application. Part III is a case study in which Shepanski develops a theory of the propositional attitudes by the method of formalizing inferences to behaviour. He presents critiques of popular alternative views, including foundationalism, the centrality of knowledge and Quine's own epistemological naturalism. By reassessing Quine's normative epistemology, Shepanski advances our understanding of Quine's philosophy whilst providing a guide for our own theorizing.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004457755
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quine written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the contents: Naturalistic epistemology, murder and suicide? But what about the promises! (Ton Derksen). - Naturalism and rationality (Christopher Hookway). - Quine's hypothetical theory of language learning: a comparison of different conceptualschemes of their logic (Mia Gosselin). - Quine and innate similarity spaces (Jaap van Brakel). - Quine and Davidson on the structure of empirical knowledge (Dirk Koppelberg). - Empathy and charity (Eva Picardi). - Quine: indeterminacy, 'robust realism', and truth (Sandra Laugier). - Quine and Putnam on conceptual relativity and reference: theft or honest toil? (Roger Vergauwen).

Author : Paul A. Gregory
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441101489
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quine's Naturalism written by Paul A. Gregory and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W. V. Quine was the most important naturalistic philosopher of the twentieth century and a major impetus for the recent resurgence of the view that empirical science is our best avenue to knowledge. His views, however, have not been well understood. Critics charge that Quine's naturalized epistemology is circular and that it cannot be normative. Yet, such criticisms stem from a cluster of fundamental traditional assumptions regarding language, theory, and the knowing subject - the very presuppositions that Quine is at pains to reject. Through investigation of Quine's views regarding language, knowledge, and reality, the author offers a new interpretation of Quine's naturalism. The naturalism/anti-naturalism debate can be advanced only by acknowledging and critiquing the substantial theoretical commitments implicit in the traditional view. Gregory argues that the responses to the circularity and non-normativity objections do just that. His analysis further reveals that Quine's departure from the tradition penetrates the conception of the knowing subject, and he thus offers a new and engaging defence of Quine's naturalism.

Author : Jack Nelson
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271047096
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feminist Interpretations of W. V. Quine written by Jack Nelson and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the preeminent philosophers of the twentieth century, W. V. Quine (1908&–2000) made groundbreaking contributions to the philosophy of science, mathematical logic, and the philosophy of language. This collection of essays examines Quine's views, particularly his holism and naturalism, for their value (and their limitations) to feminist theorizing today. Some contributors to this volume see Quine as severely challenging basic tenets of the logico-empiricist tradition in the philosophy of science&—the analytic/synthetic distinction, verificationism, foundationalism&—and accept various of his positions as potential resources for feminist critique. Other contributors regard Quine as an unrepentant empiricist and, unlike feminists who seek to use or extend his arguments, they interpret his positions as far less radical and more problematic. In particular, critics and advocates of Quine's arguments that the philosophy of science should be &"naturalized&"&—understood and pursued as an enterprise continuous with the sciences proper&—disagree deeply about whether such a naturalized philosophy is &"philosophy enough.&" Central issues at stake in these disagreements reflect current questions of special interest to feminists and also bridge the analytic and postmodern traditions. They include questions about whether and how the philosophy of science, as a form of practice, is or can be normative as well as questions concerning the implications of Quine's philosophy of language for the transparency and stability of meaning. In representing feminist philosophy centrally engaged with the analytic tradition, this volume is important not only for what it contributes to the understanding of Quine and naturalized epistemology but also for what it accomplishes in working against restrictive conceptions of the place of feminism within the discipline. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Kathryn Pyne Addelson, Louise M. Antony, Richmond Campbell, Lorraine Code, Jane Duran, Maureen Linker, Phyllis Rooney, and Paul A. Roth.

Author : Clayton Littlejohn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199660026
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Epistemic Norms written by Clayton Littlejohn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epistemic norms play an increasingly important role in current debates in epistemology and beyond. In this volume a team of established and emerging scholars presents new work on the key debates. They consider what epistemic requirements constrain appropriate belief, assertion, and action, and explore the interconnections between these standards.

Author : Keith C. Culver
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1460405706
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Readings in the Philosophy of Law - Third Edition written by Keith C. Culver and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readings in the Philosophy of Law brings together central texts on such topics as legal reasoning, the limits of individual liberty, responsibility and punishment, and international law. The included selections provide superb coverage of both classic and contemporary views, and are edited only lightly to allow readers to grapple with arguments in their original form. Culver and Giudice’s clear, accessible introductions discuss key terms, claims, issues, and points of connection and disagreement. Readings are placed within their historical and social contexts, with analogies and examples emphasizing the continuing relevance of the arguments at issue. This third edition is updated to take account of the rise of legal pluralism, debates over judicial review of constitutional rights, anti-terrorism laws, hate crime, and non-state law at both regional and global levels.

Author : J. Knowles
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230511260
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology written by J. Knowles and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-11-04 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the field of epistemology, naturalism holds that there are no a priori norms for guiding our belief-formation: we must start our inquiries in situ , assuming some beliefs and the general reliability of our basic cognitive practices to justify others. Naturalized epistemology seeks to motivate norms for cognitive enquiry on such a naturalistic basis. The author argues that, whilst naturalism must be embraced, this more abmitious project is in vain: to the extent one can justify naturalistic norms, they are not needed for optimal rational belief-formation.

Author : Ernest Sosa
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405169664
Total Pages : 950 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Epistemology written by Ernest Sosa and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-02-11 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New and thoroughly updated, Epistemology: An Anthology continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in the theory of knowledge. Concentrates on the central topics of the field, such as skepticism and the Pyrrhonian problematic, the definition of knowledge, and the structure of epistemic justification Offers coverage of more specific topics, such as foundationalism vs coherentism, and virtue epistemology Presents wholly new sections on 'Testimony, Memory, and Perception' and 'The Value of Knowledge' Features modified sections on 'The Structure of Knowledge and Justification', 'The Non-Epistemic in Epistemology', and 'The Nature of the Epistemic' Includes many of the most important contributions made in recent decades by several outstanding authors

Author : A. Orenstein
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401139334
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knowledge, Language and Logic: Questions for Quine written by A. Orenstein and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quine is one of the twentieth century's most important and influential philosophers. The essays in this collection are by some of the leading figures in their fields and they touch on the most recent turnings in Quine's work. The book also features an essay by Quine himself, and his replies to each of the papers. Questions are raised concerning Quine's views on knowledge: observation, holism, truth, naturalized epistemology; about language: meaning, the indeterminacy of translation, conjecture; and about the philosophy of logic: ontology, singular terms, vagueness, identity, and intensional contexts. Given Quine's preeminent position, this book must be of interest to students of philosophy in general, Quine aficionados, and most particularly to those working in the areas of epistemology, ontology, philosophies of language, of logic, and of science.