Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199230419)

The idea that science is just one more way of knowing the world and that there are other, radically different, yet equally valid ways, has taken deep root in academia. In Fear of Knowledge, Paul Boghossian tears these relativist theories of knowledge to shreds. He argues forcefully for the intuitive, common-sense view--that the world exists independent of human opinion and that there is a way to arrive at beliefs about the world that are objectively reasonable to anyone capable of appreciating the relevant evidence, regardless of their social or cultural perspective. This short, lucid, witty book shows that philosophy provides rock-solid support for common sense against the relativists; it is provocative reading throughout the discipline and beyond

Author: Paul Boghossian
ISBN-10: 0199230412
ISBN-13: 9780199230419
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 12/07/2007
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.50w x 0.34d

Review Citation(s):
New York Review of Books 09/24/2009 pg. 88