Knowing What It Is Like
by
Yuri Cath
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in Epistemology
ISBN-10
1009323733
ISBN-13
9781009323734
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 19th, 2024
Print length
74 Pages
Weight
128 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.80 x 0.70 cms
Product Classification:
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledgePhilosophy of mindEthics & moral philosophy
Ksh 3,250.00
Manufactured on Demand
Delivery in 29 days
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Delivery in 29 days
Secure
Quality
Fast
This Element explores the concept of 'what it is like' knowledge, addressing the tension between having a corresponding experience and knowing an answer to the 'what it is like' question. It explains debates and conflicts in attitudes toward sharing this knowledge through testimony, literature, theories, and simulations.
What kind of knowledge does one have when one knows what it is like to, say, fall in love, eat vegemite, be a parent, or ride a bike? This Element addresses this question by exploring the tension between two plausible theses about this form of knowledge: (i) that to possess it one must have had the corresponding experience, and (ii) that to possess it one must know an answer to the ''what it is like'' question. The Element shows how the tension between these two theses helps to explain existing debates about this form of knowledge, as well as puzzling conflicts in our attitudes towards the possibility of sharing this knowledge through testimony, or other sources like literature, theories, and simulations. The author also offers a view of ''what it is like'' knowledge which can resolve both the tension between (i) and (ii), and these puzzles around testimony.
Get Knowing What It Is Like by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Cambridge University Press and it has pages.
