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- Provides the first detailed and systematic account of the knowledge of what things are
- Provides a link between the literature on knowledge-wh and the literature on the epistemology of inquiry
- Features discussions from Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind etc
Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 466)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Toward the Erotetic View
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Front Matter
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Developing the Erotetic View
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book provides an account of what is to know what things are, focusing on kinds, both natural (such as water) and social (such as marriage). It brings tools from an area that has received much attention in recent years, the epistemology of inquiry. The knowledge of what things are is to be understood as resulting from successful inquiries directed at questions of the form ‘What is x?’, where x stands for a given kind of thing. The book also addresses knowledge-wh in general (which includes knowledge-who and knowledge-where), as well as the phenomenon of ignorance regarding what things are and our obligations in respect to knowing what things are. It also brings to light new avenues of research for those interested in the relation between the knowledge of what things are and concept possession and amelioration.
‘Knowing What Things Are’ should be of interest to researchers in Epistemology, Philosophy of Language,Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Social Philosophy and Linguistics.
Authors and Affiliations
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The Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
André J. Abath
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Knowing What Things Are
Book Subtitle: An Inquiry-Based Approach
Authors: André J. Abath
Series Title: Synthese Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07365-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-07364-9Published: 09 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-07367-0Published: 10 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-07365-6Published: 08 August 2022
Series ISSN: 0166-6991
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 138
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Epistemology, Theoretical Linguistics, Cognitive Psychology