Knowledge and the State of Nature: An Essay in Conceptual Synthesis (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198242437)

In this illuminating study Craig argues that the standard practice of analyzing the concept of knowledge has radical defects--arbitrary restriction of the subject matter and risky theoretical presuppositions. He proposes a new approach similar to the "state-of-nature" method found in political theory, building the concept up from a hypothesis about its social function and the needs it fulfills. Shedding light on much that philosophers have written about knowledge, its analysis and the obstacles to its analysis, and the debate over skepticism, this compelling work will be of interest to students and scholars of epistemology and the philosophy of language.

Author: Edward Craig
ISBN-10: 0198242433
ISBN-13: 9780198242437
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 02/28/1991
Pages: 182
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.84w x 0.72d