Understanding Human Knowledge: Philosophical Essays

by Barry Stroud

Book Overview

Since the 1970s Barry Stroud has been one of the most original contributors to the philosophical study of human knowledge. This volume presents the best of Stroud's essays in this area. Throughout, he seeks to clearly identify the question that philosophical theories of knowledge are meant to answer, and the role scepticism plays in making sense of that question. In these seminal essays, he suggests that people pursuing epistemology need to concern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199252130
• ISBN13: 9780199252138
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 5.6"