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Tell Me Something I Don't Know Michael Veber

Tell Me Something I Don't Know By Michael Veber

Tell Me Something I Don't Know by Michael Veber


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Presents a collection of original dialogues in epistemology, suitable for student readers but also of interest to experts. Familiar problems, theories, and arguments are explored: second-order knowledge, epistemic closure, the preface paradox, scepticism, pragmatic encroachment, the Gettier problem, and more.

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Tell Me Something I Don't Know Summary

Tell Me Something I Don't Know: Dialogues in Epistemology by Michael Veber

Tell Me Something I Don't Know is a collection of original dialogues in epistemology, suitable for student readers but also of interest to experts. Familiar problems, theories, and arguments are explored: second-order knowledge, epistemic closure, the preface paradox, skepticism, pragmatic encroachment, the Gettier problem, and more. New ideas on each of these issues are also offered, defended and critiqued, often in humorous and entertaining ways.

Tell Me Something I Don't Know Reviews

Dialogues, between the dogmatist, the sceptic, and others, make a natural starting-point for the theory of knowledge. Michael Veber ingeniously demonstrates the power and versatility of the dialogue form to bring the problems of contemporary epistemology alive in vivid, amusing, and instructive ways. - Timothy Williamson, Wykeham Professor of Logic, University of Oxford

A terrific book, one that manages to be both illuminating and entertaining at the same time. It's an insightful, reliable, and readable guide to central issues in epistemology. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the theory of knowledge, from undergraduate students to professional philosophers. I can't recall the last time a philosophy book made me laugh out loud as this one did. Reading it made me wish that Plato had included more jokes in his dialogues. - Thomas Kelly, Princeton University

This volume does more than merely provide readers with a memorable introduction to epistemology and the practice of philosophy. Its dialogues also serve as accessible and amusing fodder for philosophical discussions inside or outside the university. - Ram Neta, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

About Michael Veber

Michael Veber is Associate Professor of Philosophy at East Carolina University.

Table of Contents

  • Preface: What Is This?
  • 1. Why Dialogues? Author Meets Critic
  • 2. Fake Barns and Knowing That You Know: Barney and Arnie Take a Ride
  • 3. Epistemic Closure: Freddie and Betty at the Zoo
  • 4. The Preface Paradox: Philosophy Takes a Stand
  • 5. Skepticism Refuted? A Day in the Life of a BIV
  • 6. Pragmatic Encroachment: Hanna and Rosana Case the Bank
  • 7. The Epistemology of Disagreement: My Dinner with Ling
  • 8. Yet Another Gettier Problem: Philip
  • 9. The Philosophy of Philosophical Writing Revisited: Departmental Meeting
  • Appendix on the Purpose and Limits of Philosophical Inquiry: Cartesian Car Care

Additional information

CIN1554813565VG
9781554813568
1554813565
Tell Me Something I Don't Know: Dialogues in Epistemology by Michael Veber
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Broadview Press Ltd
20180228
200
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