The Epistemological Spectrum : At the Interface of Cognitive Science and Conceptual Analysis
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0199608547
ISBN-13
9780199608546
Publisher
Oxford University Press
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Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
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GB
Publication Date
Aug 4th, 2011
Print length
306 Pages
Weight
612 grams
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24.50 x 15.60 x 2.30 cms
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Henderson and Horgan set out a broad new approach to epistemology. They defend the roles of the a priori and conceptual analysis, but with an essential empirical dimension. 'Transglobal reliability' is the key to epistemic justification. The question of which cognitive processes are reliable depends on contingent facts about human capacities.
David Henderson and Terence Horgan set out a broad new approach to epistemology, which they see as a mixed discipline, having both a priori and empirical elements. They defend the roles of a priori reflection and conceptual analysis in philosophy, but their revisionary account of these philosophical methods allows them a subtle but essential empirical dimension. They espouse a dual-perspective position which they call iceberg epistemology, respecting the important differences between epistemic processes that are consciously accessible and those that are not. Reflecting on epistemic justification, they introduce the notion of transglobal reliability as the mark of the cognitive processes that are suitable for humans. Which cognitive processes these are depends on contingent facts about human cognitive capacities, and these cannot be known a priori.
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