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To Know or Not to Know

Beyond Realism and Anti-Realism

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. Jan Srzednicki

    1. University of Melbourne, Australia

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 244)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
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  2. Paradigmatic Base

    • Jan Srzednicki
    Pages 1-22

  3. Fact vs. Hypothesis

    • Jan Srzednicki
    Pages 23-36

  4. Sources of Knowledge

    • Jan Srzednicki
    Pages 37-61

  5. Pre-Conditions of Knowledge 1

    • Jan Srzednicki
    Pages 62-83

  6. Pre-Conditions of Knowledge 2

    • Jan Srzednicki
    Pages 84-104

  7. Pre-Conditions of Knowledge 3

    • Jan Srzednicki
    Pages 105-138

  8. Ontological Commitment

    • Jan Srzednicki
    Pages 139-166

  9. The Normative Constraint

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    Pages 167-187

  10. Conclusion: A Picture of the Theory

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    Pages 188-207

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 209-224
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l. THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF EPISTEMOLOGY There is a philosophical issue that surely precedes all other possible questions. It concerns the very possibility of our thinking about some­ thing to some purpose. Short of this no philosophy, theory or research would be possible. But it is not immediately clear that we are assured that what purports to be effective thought, and cognition is such in reality. What guarantee is there for instance that when one is under the impression that one is thinking that "the cat is on the mat" it is in fact the case that one is thinking this? One could not be thinking at all, only having a misleading mystic experience. And then even if one was thinking, one might not be really thinking of the cat being on the mat, but only that one wishes there was a cat, and wonders whether if there was it would be on the mat, and yet the subjective impression was that one was thinking: "The cat is on the mat" (the same picture might stand for both the thoughts mentioned). Then one might in some way try to think 'the cat is on the mat. ' yet be mistaken in that there aren't any material objects at all, and all one does is to inventory god's perceptions. And so on, and so on! These are of course the kind of problem that the layman habitually views with disdainful alarm.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Melbourne, Australia

    Jan Srzednicki

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: To Know or Not to Know

  • Book Subtitle: Beyond Realism and Anti-Realism

  • Authors: Jan Srzednicki

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3542-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2909-1Published: 31 December 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4418-1Published: 05 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-3542-1Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXII, 224

  • Topics: Epistemology, Logic, Modern Philosophy

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