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The Concept of Knowledge

The Ankara Seminar

Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 170)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-lviii
  2. Problems of Knowing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Two Concepts of Knowing

      • Guido Küng
      Pages 3-10
    3. Belief, Acceptance and Knowledge

      • L. Jonathan Cohen
      Pages 11-19
    4. Back to Basics

      • Ernest Sosa
      Pages 21-29
    5. Experience, Order and Cause

      • Arda Denkel
      Pages 31-47
    6. Some Thoughts on the Nature of Knowing

      • Venant Cauchy
      Pages 49-65
    7. Meno’s Puzzle

      • J. David G. Evans
      Pages 67-80
  3. Kinds and Criteria of Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
    2. Popper’s Epistemology and World Three

      • Gürol Irzik
      Pages 83-95
    3. Knowledge and its Object

      • Ioanna Kuçuradi
      Pages 97-102
    4. Are There Different Kinds of Knowledge?

      • Evandro Agazzi
      Pages 103-118
    5. Ethical Knowledge and Social Facts

      • Richard T. De George
      Pages 119-126
    6. Knowledge, Truth and Fallibility

      • Kwasi Wiredu
      Pages 127-148
  4. Approaches to Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
    2. Analytical and/or Dialectical Thinking

      • Jindřich Zelený
      Pages 183-189
    3. Knowledge and Cultural Objects

      • Vladislav A. Lektorsky
      Pages 191-196

Editors and Affiliations

  • Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Ioanna Kuçuradi

  • Boston University, USA

    Robert S. Cohen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Concept of Knowledge

  • Book Subtitle: The Ankara Seminar

  • Editors: Ioanna Kuçuradi, Robert S. Cohen

  • Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3263-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3241-1Published: 31 October 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4495-2Published: 09 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-3263-5Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: LVIII, 246

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, History, general, Epistemology

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