Belief, Truth and Knowledge

Belief, Truth and Knowledge
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 246
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ISBN-10 : 0521087066
ISBN-13 : 9780521087063
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Book Synopsis Belief, Truth and Knowledge by : D. M. Armstrong

Download or read book Belief, Truth and Knowledge written by D. M. Armstrong and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1973-02-08 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging study of the central concepts in epistemology - belief, truth and knowledge. Professor Armstrong offers a dispositional account of general beliefs and of knowledge of general propositions. Belief about particular matters of fact are described as structures in the mind of the believer which represent or 'map' reality, while general beliefs are dispositions to extend the 'map' or introduce casual relations between portions of the map according to general rules. 'Knowledge' denotes the reliability of such beliefs as representations of reality. Within this framework Professor Armstrong offers a distinctive account of many of the main questions in general epistemology - the relations between beliefs and language, the notions of proposition, concept and idea, the analysis of truth, the varieties of knowledge, and the way in which beleifs and knowledge are supported by reasons. The book as a whole if offered as a contribution to a naturalistic account of man.


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