Cognitive Vulnerability

An Epistemological Approach
Buch | Hardcover
VII, 223 Seiten
2023
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-079906-4 (ISBN)
144,95 inkl. MwSt
The Berlin Studies in Knowledge Research (BSKR) series aims to foster systematic research into the variety of forms of knowledge as well as to uncover aspects of their underlying unity. The conception of the discipline of epistemology it seeks to promote is a generous-one which encompasses a study of the full variety of forms, practices and dynamics of knowledge, as well as their mutually interacting points of contact and their respective mechanisms of interpenetration. It seeks thereby to bring about a reorientation of the discipline of epistemology, undoing artificial restrictions in its scope and achieving a greater appreciation of the heterogeneity of different forms of knowledge. The series BSKR is associated with the Innovationszentrum Wissensforschung (IZW) / Center for Knowledge Researchat the TU Berlin, Germany.

Vulnerability has become part of our everyday vocabulary. We are used to hearing that we ought to act so as to protect the highly vulnerable; the qualifier suggests that we are all vulnerable. In addition to being of contemporary relevance, the notion of vulnerability has also been at the heart of philosophical reflection since the birth of the discipline, playing a vital role across many different traditions. Its prevalence is unsurprising. Vulnerability, which partially defines us as human beings, has appeared in many guises: mortality, finitude, sin, ignorance, etc.

However, no attempt has yet been made to fully apply the notion of vulnerability to the domains of epistemology and the philosophy of science, to relate it to our general human vulnerability, and to explore the wide range of consequences that derive from it. The contributors of this book fill this gap; they present new approaches to classical problems. They highlight different aspects of our cognitive vulnerability, from issues related to the realism/antirealism debate to reflections on epistemic success and trust.

lt;p>Óscar L. González-Castán, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Berlin Studies in Knowledge Research ; 18
Verlagsort Berlin/Boston
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 230 mm
Gewicht 458 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
Schlagworte cognitive verisimilitude • fallibilism • Fallibilismus • kognitive Wahrnehmbarkeit • negative knowledge • Negatives Wissen • Trust • Vertrauen
ISBN-10 3-11-079906-5 / 3110799065
ISBN-13 978-3-11-079906-4 / 9783110799064
Zustand Neuware
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