Knowledge and practical interests /

Jason Stanley presents a startling and provocative claim about knowledge; that is whether or not someone knows a proposition at a given time is in part determined by his or her practical interests, i.e. by how much is at stake for that person at that time.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stanley, Jason
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2005.
Series:Lines of thought.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Jason Stanley presents a startling and provocative claim about knowledge; that is whether or not someone knows a proposition at a given time is in part determined by his or her practical interests, i.e. by how much is at stake for that person at that time.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 191 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199288038
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