Knowing What Things Are An Inquiry-Based Approach

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Synopsis

​This book provides an account of what is to know what things are, focusing on kinds, both natural (such as water) and social (such as marriage). It brings tools from an area that has received much attention in recent years, the epistemology of inquiry. The knowledge of what things are is to be understood as resulting from successful inquiries directed at questions of the form ‘What is x?’, where x stands for a given kind of thing. The book also addresses knowledge-wh in general (which includes knowledge-who and knowledge-where), as well as the phenomenon of ignorance regarding what things are and our obligations in respect to knowing what things are. It also brings to light new avenues of research for those interested in the relation between the knowledge of what things are and concept possession and amelioration.‘Knowing What Things Are’ should be of interest to researchers in Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Social Philosophy and Linguistics.

Book details

Edition:
1st ed. 2022
Series:
Synthese Library (Book 466)
Author:
André J. Abath
ISBN:
9783031073656
Related ISBNs:
9783031073649
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2022-09-02
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2022
Copyright by:
Springer Nature Switzerland AG 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Language Arts, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Psychology