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The value of knowledge and the pursuit of understanding /
Kvanvig, Jonathan L.
The value of knowledge and the pursuit of understanding / Jonathan L. Kvanvig. - New York: Cambridge university press, 2003. - xvi, 216 p. - Cambridge Studies in Philosophy .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The value of knowledge is external to it. The pragmatic theory ; Plato and the tethering of true belief ; Knowledge and action
2. The value of true belief. The value of belief ; The value of truth ; Conclusion
3. The value of justification. Externalist accounts ; Justification accounts ; Two kinds of means to a goal
4. Reliabilism, normativity, and the special promise of virtue. Epistemology ; Zagzebski's virtue theory ; Virtue epistemology and credit for true belief ; A further benefit of virtue epistemology? ; Conclusion
5. The Gettier problem and the value of knowledge. The Gettier problem ; Gettier-like cases ; The appeal to accidentality and a general concern ; Approaches to the Gettier problem ; Counterfactual and defeasibility approaches to the Gettier problem ; Conclusion
6. Knowledge as irreducibly valuable. Curiosity and the intrinsic value of knowledge ; The desire to know ; Conclusion
7. Epistemic attitudinalism : semantic and pragmatic approaches. Semantic and pragmatic versions of epistemic attitudinalism ; Epistemic attitudinalism and the value of knowledge ; The failure of epistemic attitudinalism ; Conclusion
8. Knowledge and understanding. Understanding, knowledge, and logical form ; Understanding is not a species of knowledge ; The value of understanding ; Conclusion
9. Conclusion
Jonathan Kvanvig argues that epistemology cannot ignore the question of the value of knowledge and questions the assumption that knowledge is always more valuable than the value of its subparts.
9780521037860
Knowledge, Theory of.
121 / KVA
The value of knowledge and the pursuit of understanding / Jonathan L. Kvanvig. - New York: Cambridge university press, 2003. - xvi, 216 p. - Cambridge Studies in Philosophy .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The value of knowledge is external to it. The pragmatic theory ; Plato and the tethering of true belief ; Knowledge and action
2. The value of true belief. The value of belief ; The value of truth ; Conclusion
3. The value of justification. Externalist accounts ; Justification accounts ; Two kinds of means to a goal
4. Reliabilism, normativity, and the special promise of virtue. Epistemology ; Zagzebski's virtue theory ; Virtue epistemology and credit for true belief ; A further benefit of virtue epistemology? ; Conclusion
5. The Gettier problem and the value of knowledge. The Gettier problem ; Gettier-like cases ; The appeal to accidentality and a general concern ; Approaches to the Gettier problem ; Counterfactual and defeasibility approaches to the Gettier problem ; Conclusion
6. Knowledge as irreducibly valuable. Curiosity and the intrinsic value of knowledge ; The desire to know ; Conclusion
7. Epistemic attitudinalism : semantic and pragmatic approaches. Semantic and pragmatic versions of epistemic attitudinalism ; Epistemic attitudinalism and the value of knowledge ; The failure of epistemic attitudinalism ; Conclusion
8. Knowledge and understanding. Understanding, knowledge, and logical form ; Understanding is not a species of knowledge ; The value of understanding ; Conclusion
9. Conclusion
Jonathan Kvanvig argues that epistemology cannot ignore the question of the value of knowledge and questions the assumption that knowledge is always more valuable than the value of its subparts.
9780521037860
Knowledge, Theory of.
121 / KVA