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In Learning from Our Mistakes: Epistemology for the Real World, William J. Talbott provides a new framework for understanding the history of Western epistemology and uses it to propose a new way of understanding rational belief that can be applied to pressing social and political issues. This framew...

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Main Author: Talbott, W. J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Knowledge, Theory of > History.
Théorie de la connaissance > Histoire.
Knowledge, Theory of
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In Learning from Our Mistakes: Epistemology for the Real World, William J. Talbott provides a new framework for understanding the history of Western epistemology and uses it to propose a new way of understanding rational belief that can be applied to pressing social and political issues. This framework is used to articulate a new theory of prejudice and a new diagnosis of the sources of inequity in the U.S. criminal justice system, as well as insight into the proliferation of tribal and fascist epistemologies based on alt-facts and alt-truth.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 348 pages).
ISBN:9780197567685
0197567681