Knowledge and Lotteries

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-928713-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 235 g

Knowledge and Lotteries is organized around an epistemological puzzle: in many cases, we seem consistently inclined to deny that we know certain propositions, while crediting ourselves with knowledge of propositions that imply them. In its starkest form, the puzzle is this: we do not think we know that a given lottery ticket will be a loser, yet we normally count ourselves as knowing all sorts of things which entail that its holder will not suddenly acquire a large fortune.
After providing a number of specific and general characterizations of the puzzle, Hawthorne carefully examines the competing merits of candidate solutions, addressing along the way a range of central questions concerning the nature and importance of knowledge.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of philosophy, especially epistemology and philosophy of language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hawthorne, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

John Hawthorne, Rutgers University, New Jersey