书名: Knowledge and Lotteries
作者: John Hawthorne (Author)
出版社: Oxford University Press, USA (January 29, 2004)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0199269556
ISBN-13: 978-0199269556
Book Description
Knowledge and Lotteries is organized around an epistemological puzzle: in many cases, we seem consistently inclined to deny that we know certain propositions, while crediting ourselves with knowledge of propositions that imply them. In its starkest form, the puzzle is this: we do not think we know that a given lottery ticket will be a loser, yet we normally count ourselves as knowing all sorts of things which entail that its holder will not suddenly acquire a large fortune. After providing a number of specific and general characterizations of the puzzle, Hawthorne carefully examines the competing merits of candidate solutions, addressing along the way a range of central questions concerning the nature and importance of knowledge.
About the Author
John Hawthorne is in the Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Jersey.
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作者: John Hawthorne (Author)
出版社: Oxford University Press, USA (January 29, 2004)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0199269556
ISBN-13: 978-0199269556
Book Description
Knowledge and Lotteries is organized around an epistemological puzzle: in many cases, we seem consistently inclined to deny that we know certain propositions, while crediting ourselves with knowledge of propositions that imply them. In its starkest form, the puzzle is this: we do not think we know that a given lottery ticket will be a loser, yet we normally count ourselves as knowing all sorts of things which entail that its holder will not suddenly acquire a large fortune. After providing a number of specific and general characterizations of the puzzle, Hawthorne carefully examines the competing merits of candidate solutions, addressing along the way a range of central questions concerning the nature and importance of knowledge.
About the Author
John Hawthorne is in the Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Jersey.
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