Epistemic Logic : A Survey of the Logic of Knowledge.
Title:
Epistemic Logic : A Survey of the Logic of Knowledge.
Author:
Rescher, Nicholas.
ISBN:
9780822970927
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (153 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. Basic Principles -- 3. Deductivity and Knowledge Ampliation -- 4. Metaknowledge -- 5. For Aught That Someone Knows -- 6. Group Knowledge -- 7. Propositional versus Interrogative Knowledge -- 8. Collective versus Distributive Knowledge and Knower Limitedness -- 9. Modality -- 10. Problems of Epistemic Democracy -- 11. Possibility and Conceivability -- 12. Unknowability -- 13. Fitch's Theorem and Its Consequences -- 14. Finite and Infinite Knowers -- 15. Vagrant Predicates and Noninstantiability -- 16. Unanswerable Questions and Insolubilia -- 17. Unknowable Truth -- 18. Implications of Cognitive Limitation -- Appendix 1: A Survey of Thesis Acceptability -- Appendix 2: On Quantifying Knowledge (and the Gulf Between Linguistic Truth and Objective Fact) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Epistemic logic is the branch of philosophical thought that seeks to formalize the discourse about knowledge. Its object is to articulate and clarify the general principles of reasoning about claims to and attributions of knowledge. This comprehensive survey of the topic offers the first systematic account of the subject as it has developed in the journal literature over recent decades. Rescher gives an overview of the discipline by setting out the general principles for reasoning about such matters as propositional knowledge and interrogative knowledge. Aimed at graduate students and specialists, Epistemic Logic elucidates both Rescher's pragmatic view of knowledge and the field in general.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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