Knowledge and the State of Nature: An Essay in Conceptual Synthesis

by Edward Craig

Book Overview

In this illuminating study Craig argues that the standard practice of analyzing the concept of knowledge has radical defects--arbitrary restriction of the subject matter and risky theoretical presuppositions. He proposes a new approach similar to the "state-of-nature" method found in political theory, building the concept up from a hypothesis about its social function and the needs it fulfills. Shedding light on much that philosophers have written...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198238797
• ISBN13: 9780198238799
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"