Putting Knowledge to Work

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Putting Knowledge to Work

New Directions for Knowledge-First Epistemology

Cognitive studies Psychology Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Ethics and moral philosophy

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Language: English

Published by: OUP Oxford

Published on: 13th July 2024

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9780192882417


Introduction

In the 21st century knowledge-centered approaches have become increasingly popular in analytic epistemology. Rather than trying to account for knowledge in other terms, these approaches take knowledge as the starting-point for the elucidation of other epistemic notions (such as belief, justification, rationality, etc.). Knowledge-centered approaches have been so influential that it now looks like epistemology is undergoing a factive turn.

Current State of Research

However, relatively little has been done to explore how knowledge-centered views fare in new fields inside and beyond epistemology. This volume aims at remedying this situation by putting together contributions that investigate the significance of knowledge in debates where its roles have been less explored.

Goals and Prospects

The goal is to see how far knowledge-centered views can go by exploring new prospects and identifying new trends of research for the knowledge-first program. Extending knowledge-centered approaches in this way not only promises to deliver novel insights in these neglected fields, but also to revisit more traditional debates from a fresh perspective.

Conclusion

As a whole, the volume develops and evaluates the knowledge-first program in original and fertile ways.

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