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Knowledge in a social world /
Goldman, Alvin I.
Knowledge in a social world / Alvin I Goldman. - New York : Oxford university press, 1999. - xiii, 407 p.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART I: FOUNDATIONS; 1. EPISTEMOLOGY AND POSTMODERN RESISTANCE; 2. TRUTH; 3. THE FRAMEWORK; PART II: GENERIC SOCIAL PRACTICES; 4. TESTIMONY; 5. ARGUMENTATION; 6. THE TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF COMMUNICATION; 7. SPEECH REGULATION AND THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS; PART III: SPECIAL DOMAINS; 8. SCIENCE; 9. LAW; 10. DEMOCRACY; 11. EDUCATION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
Here is a philosophy for the information age. Alvin Goldman explores new frontiers by creating a thorough-going social epistemology, moving beyond the traditional focus on solitary knowers, rescuing truth from fashionable assaults and demonstrating its importance to society.
9780198238201
Social epistemology.
121 / GOL
Knowledge in a social world / Alvin I Goldman. - New York : Oxford university press, 1999. - xiii, 407 p.
;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART I: FOUNDATIONS; 1. EPISTEMOLOGY AND POSTMODERN RESISTANCE; 2. TRUTH; 3. THE FRAMEWORK; PART II: GENERIC SOCIAL PRACTICES; 4. TESTIMONY; 5. ARGUMENTATION; 6. THE TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF COMMUNICATION; 7. SPEECH REGULATION AND THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS; PART III: SPECIAL DOMAINS; 8. SCIENCE; 9. LAW; 10. DEMOCRACY; 11. EDUCATION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
Here is a philosophy for the information age. Alvin Goldman explores new frontiers by creating a thorough-going social epistemology, moving beyond the traditional focus on solitary knowers, rescuing truth from fashionable assaults and demonstrating its importance to society.
9780198238201
Social epistemology.
121 / GOL