Luxury of the Understanding: On the Value of True Belief

by Allan Hazlett

The value of true belief has played a central role in history of philosophy--consider Socrates' slogan that the unexamined life is not worth living, and Aristotle's claim that everyone naturally wants knowledge--as well as in contemporary epistemology, where questions about the value of knowledge have recently taken center stage. It has usually been assumed that accurate representation--true belief--is valuable, either instrumentally or for its own...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199674809
• ISBN13: 9780199674800
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"