The epistemic dimensions of ignorance / edited by Rik Peels and Martijn Blaauw. - New York: Cambridge university press, 2016. - 217 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction; 1 The Nature of Ignorance: Two Views; 2 The Varieties of Ignorance; 3 Ignorance and Incompetence: Linguistic Considerations; 4 Explicating Ignorance and Doubt: A Possible Worlds Approach; 5 Ignorance and Epistemic Contextualism; 6 Anti-Intellectualism and Ignorance; 7 Ignorance and Epistemic Value; 8 Ignorance and the Religious Life; 9 Epistemic Injustice and the Preservation of Ignorance; 10 Ignorance and Racial Insensitivity; References; Index


This book does not only study an epistemic phenomenon that is interesting in itself, but also provides important tools that can be fruitfully used in debates within and beyond philosophy.

9781107175600


Ignorance (Theory of knowledge).
Knowledge, Theory of.

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