Epistemic Logic
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Epistemic Logic

A Survey of the Logic of Knowledge

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Epistemic Logic

A Survey of the Logic of Knowledge

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Epistemic logic is the branch of philosophical thought that seeks to formalize the discourse about knowledge. Its object is to articulate and clarify the general principles of reasoning about claims to and attributions of knowledge. This comprehensive survey of the topic offers the first systematic account of the subject as it has developed in the journal literature over recent decades. Rescher gives an overview of the discipline by setting out the general principles for reasoning about such matters as propositional knowledge and interrogative knowledge. Aimed at graduate students and specialists, Epistemic Logic elucidates both Rescher's pragmatic view of knowledge and the field in general.

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Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9780822970927
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. 1. Setting the Stage
  4. 2. Basic Principles
  5. 3. Deductivity and Knowledge Ampliation
  6. 4. Metaknowledge
  7. 5. For Aught That Someone Knows
  8. 6. Group Knowledge
  9. 7. Propositional versus Interrogative Knowledge
  10. 8. Collective versus Distributive Knowledge and Knower Limitedness
  11. 9. Modality
  12. 10. Problems of Epistemic Democracy
  13. 11. Possibility and Conceivability
  14. 12. Unknowability
  15. 13. Fitch’s Theorem and Its Consequences
  16. 14. Finite and Infinite Knowers
  17. 15. Vagrant Predicates and Noninstantiability
  18. 16. Unanswerable Questions and Insolubilia
  19. 17. Unknowable Truth
  20. 18. Implications of Cognitive Limitation
  21. Appendix 1: A Survey of Thesis Acceptability
  22. Appendix 2: On Quantifying Knowledge (and the Gulf Between Linguistic Truth and Objective Fact)
  23. Notes
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index