How Do We Know?: An Introduction to Epistemology

by Mark W. Foreman and James K. Dew Jr.

Book Overview

What does it mean to know something? Can we have confidence in our knowledge?Epistemology, the study of knowledge, can often seem like a daunting subject. And yet few topics are more basic to human life. We are inquisitive creatures by nature, and the unending quest for truth leads us to raise difficult questions about the quest itself. What are the conditions, sources and limits of our knowledge? Do our beliefs need to be rationally justified?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830840362
• ISBN13: 9780830840366
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"