The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding

by Jonathan L. Kvanvig

Book Overview

Epistemology has for a long time focused on the concept of knowledge and tried to answer questions such as whether knowledge is possible and how much of it there is. Often missing from this inquiry, however, is a discussion on the value of knowledge. In The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding Jonathan Kvanvig argues that epistemology properly conceived cannot ignore the question of the value of knowledge. He also questions one of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521037867
• ISBN13: 9780521037860
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"