Epistemology & Methodology I:: Exploring the World

by Mario Bunge

Book Overview

In this Introduction we shall state the business of both descriptive and normative epistemology, and shall locate them in the map oflearning. This must be done because epistemology has been pronounced dead, and methodology nonexisting; and because, when acknowledged at all, they are often misplaced. 1. DESCRIPTIVE EPISTEMOLOGY The following problems are typical of classical epistemology: (i) What can we know? (ii) How do we know? (iii) What, if anything,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027715238
• ISBN13: 9789027715234
• Release Date: August 1983
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"