{"product_id":"when-is-true-belief-knowledge-richard-foley-9780691154725","title":"When Is True Belief Knowledge?","description":"\u003cp\u003eA woman glances at a broken clock and comes to believe it is a quarter past seven. Yet, despite the broken clock, it really does happen to be a quarter past seven. Her belief is true, but it isn't knowledge. This is a classic illustration of a central problem in epistemology: determining what knowledge requires in addition to true belief. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this provocative book, Richard Foley finds a new solution to the problem in the observation that whenever someone has a true belief but not knowledge, there is some significant aspect of the situation about which she lacks true beliefs--something important that she doesn't quite \"get.\" This may seem a modest point but, as Foley shows, it has the potential to reorient the theory of knowledge. Whether a true belief counts as knowledge depends on the importance of the information one does or doesn't have. This means that questions of knowledge cannot be separated from questions about human concerns and values. It also means that, contrary to what is often thought, there is no privileged way of coming to know. Knowledge is a mutt. Proper pedigree is not required. What matters is that one doesn't lack important nearby information. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Challenging some of the central assumptions of contemporary epistemology, this is an original and important account of knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Foley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691154724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691154725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2012","brand":"Richard Foley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065040154879,"sku":"9780691154725","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_086b3664-f9ea-4c49-a3e0-2082f835e213.jpg?v=1768672742","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-is-true-belief-knowledge-richard-foley-9780691154725","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}