: Birte Schelling
: Knowledge - Genetic Foundations and Epistemic Coherence
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
: 9783110322668
: Epistemische Studien / Epistemic StudiesISSN
: 1
: CHF 137.50
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: 20. und 21. Jahrhundert
: English
: 278
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Since the 1960s there is a controversial discussion about the correct explication of the concept of knowledge in epistemology, but until today no generally accepted solution to the problem of defining this concept has been found. This book contributes to the discussion in epistemology by proposing a new explication of the concept of knowledge which is spelled out in terms of coherence. The main thesis of this book is that a belief can be considered knowledge only if first, it is true and second, it coheres with the rest of the beliefs of the person holding the belief in an appropriate manner. The explication draws on the ideas of Donald Davidson, Laurence BonJour and Keith Lehrer and offers a new perspective on the old project of analyzing the concept of knowledge.
Preface9
The Epistemologist's Dilemma: A Reasonable Quest for Truth19
Truth-Conducivity20
Truth-Conducivity and Likelihood22
Truth-Conducivity - an Amendment45
Externalism and Internalism48
Internalism52
Externalism58
In Defense of Internalism66
Arguing against Externalism by Counterexamples66
The Children-and-Animals-Objection70
The Skepticism Objection73
The Externalist Confusion85
Against Justification89
The Relativity of Justification90
Knowledge without Justification97
Coherence and the World Connection103
Coherence and Truth-Conducivity104
What is Coherence?105
The Problem of the World Connection110
The First Attempt: BonJour's Observation Requirement114
BonJour's Characterization of Coherence115
The Role of Observation in BonJour's Coherence Theory120
BonJour's Answers to the Three Objections127
Two Arguments against BonJour's Solution134
The Second Attempt: Davidson's Appeal to Language137
Davidson on Coherence and Truth138
Meaning and Interpretation142
Causality and Meaning152
An Epistemological Dilemma158
Perception, Coherence and Knowledge169
The Role of Perception171
Sensation and Perception172
Conceptual versus Nonconceptual Content185
In Defense of Nonconceptuality of Perceptual Content186
Against Nonconceptuality of Perceptual Content197
Triangulation and Perception203
Perception without Empiricism215
Genetic Foundations and Epistemic Coherence223
Objective Truth-Conducivity and Genetic Foundations223
Subjective Truth-Conducivity and Epistemic Coherence234
Laurence BonJour: Inferential Coherence241
Keith Lehrer: Coherence in Terms of Meeting Objections243
A Two-Level Account of Coherence247
Knowledge as Coherent True Belief250
Bibliography250