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Belief and Knowledge
Kenneth M. Sayre
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Paperback. Contesting much contemporary epistemology and cognitive science, noted philosopher Kenneth M. Sayre argues that, while some cognitive attitudes such as believing take propositions as objects, there are many others (knowing, hoping, fearing, etc.) whose objects are instead states of affairs. Series: Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory S. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Contesting much contemporary epistemology and cognitive science, noted philosopher Kenneth M. Sayre argues that, while some cognitive attitudes such as believing take propositions as objects, there are many others (knowing, hoping, fearing, etc.) whose objects are instead states of affairs. Therefore, knowledge cannot be belief with other factors such as justification added, nor can hope and fear be relations a subject bears to neuronal brain states functioning as propositional representations. To support these claims Sayre undertakes a detailed exploration of belief and knowledge and traces the relations of cognitive attitudes to a network of related concepts like certainty, truth, representation, ... Read more
Contesting much contemporary epistemology and cognitive science, noted philosopher Kenneth M. Sayre argues that, while some cognitive attitudes such as believing take propositions as objects, there are many others (knowing, hoping, fearing, etc.) whose objects are instead states of affairs. Therefore, knowledge cannot be belief with other factors such as justification added, nor can hope and fear be relations a subject bears to neuronal brain states functioning as propositional representations. To support these claims Sayre undertakes a detailed exploration of belief and knowledge and traces the relations of cognitive attitudes to a network of related concepts like certainty, truth, representation, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory S.
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847684731
SKU
V9780847684731
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About Kenneth M. Sayre
Kenneth M. Sayre is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and the author of fifteen previous books on subjects ranging from artificial intelligence to Platonic dialogues.
Reviews for Belief and Knowledge
This is an ambitious, indeed an audacious, book . . . I do not know of another book of its scope or insight written in the past decade. It is a rare combination of systematic philosophy and ordinary language insights that conjures the diverse images of J. L. Austin and C. I. Lewis.
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