Knowledge of the External World

ISBN-13: 9780415047470 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 260 str.

Bruce Aune

Opis

This analysis of knowledge of the external world, a central problem in philosophy, considers the history of the problem in the work of such modern philosophers as Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Kant and Mill. Turning to current debates, the author then argues that the problem has re-emerged. He undertakes a revision of empiricist epistemology and the development of the required theory of inference, basing the logical structure of the latter on probability calculus and on a conception of justifiable belief formation.

Recenzje

` ... a clear and sustained empiricist approach to the problem.' - TLS

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgements, I Descartes, II Locke and Berkeley, III Hume and Solipsism, IV Kant and Phenomenalism, V A New Start, VI Reforming Empiricism, VII The External World, Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Bruce Aune