tera - Epistemology 1

How do we judge whether we should be willing to follow the views of experts or whether we ought to try to come to our own, independent views? This book seeks the answer in medieval philosophical tho……続きを見る

This book argues that positivism, though now the dominant paradigm for both the natural and the human sciences, is intrinsically unfit for the latter. In particular, it is unfit for linguistics and ……続きを見る

In this scientific 'Credo', Peter Atkins considers the universal questions of origins, endings, birth, and death to which religions have claimed answers. With his usual economy, wit, and elegance, u……続きを見る

John Henry Newman dedicó gran parte de su esfuerzo intelectual a defender la validez de la creencia religiosa frente los ataques del racionalismo del siglo XIX. Le inquietaba ver cómo sus amigos se ……続きを見る

Esta obra ilustra las diversas aproximaciones que surgen de otras formas de acercarse al conocimiento, a la vez que pone el acento en que, hoy por hoy, existen otros problemas desde la dogmática y l……続きを見る

Philosophie und Esoterik verbinden sich in neun Balladen mit 375 Versen mit den Themen Kosmos, Gott, Teufel, Liebe, Tod, Seele und Geist, dem menschlichen Sehnen und Erfahren und der drohenden Apoka……続きを見る

Peter Adamson explores the rich intellectual history of the Byzantine Empire and the Italian Renaissance. Peter Adamson presents an engaging and wide-ranging introduction to the thinkers and movemen……続きを見る

Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri present a lively introduction to one of the world's richest intellectual traditions: the philosophy of classical India. They begin with the earliest extant literatu……続きを見る

Newton urged scientists never to speculate, only to prove by establishing experimental facts. By contrast, Einstein urged scientists to speculate freely, since only daring speculations, not experime……続きを見る

Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenological notion of motivation advances a compelling alternative to the empiricist and rationalist assumptions that underpin modern epistemology. Arguing that knowledge is ult……続きを見る