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How do we know? : an introduction to epistemology / James K. Dew Jr. and Mark W. Foreman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Questions in Christian philosophyPublisher: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2020Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780830851898
  • 0830851895
Other title:
  • Introduction to epistemology
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: How do we know?DDC classification:
  • 121 23
LOC classification:
  • BD161
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
What is epistemology? -- What is knowledge? -- Where does knowledge come from? -- What is truth, and how do we find it? -- What are inferences, and how do they work? -- What do we perceive? -- Do we need justification? -- Can we be objective in our view of the world? -- What is virture epistemology? -- Do we have revelation? -- How certain can we be?.
Summary: "What does it mean to know something? Epistemology, the study of knowledge, can often seem like a daunting subject. And yet few topics are more basic to human life. In this primer on epistemology, now in a second edition, James Dew and Mark Foreman provide an accessible entry into one of the most important disciplines within contemporary philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2498491

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is epistemology? -- What is knowledge? -- Where does knowledge come from? -- What is truth, and how do we find it? -- What are inferences, and how do they work? -- What do we perceive? -- Do we need justification? -- Can we be objective in our view of the world? -- What is virture epistemology? -- Do we have revelation? -- How certain can we be?.

"What does it mean to know something? Epistemology, the study of knowledge, can often seem like a daunting subject. And yet few topics are more basic to human life. In this primer on epistemology, now in a second edition, James Dew and Mark Foreman provide an accessible entry into one of the most important disciplines within contemporary philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.

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