Knowledge as a Mental State? A Study on Oxford Realism
dc.contributor.author | Kohne, Jens | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-03-21T05:31:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-03-21T05:31:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/100209 | |
dc.description.abstract | Subject of this book is an epistemological consideration concerning the nature of knowledge. But other than the most essays on the subject of knowledge, here I am going to deal with a largely overlooked account to try to find an answer to the question of knowledge. This is the mental state account of knowledge. Or to put it into the main question: is knowledge a mental state? Now, the question is: Why is the epistemic thinking of Cook Wilson, Prichard and Austin afflicted with such ignorance in contemporary epistemic discussions? The answer is: an unreflected Platonian heritage during 2000 years of epistemic thinking -- a notion which is similar to a point Hetherington has called ``epistemic absolutism''. So my main conclusion here is: the JTB thesis (knowledge is some aspect of justified true belief) is insufficient in order to give an account of the nature of knowledge. A consequence from this is: all the epistemic theories which are dealing with the JTB thesis are based on deficient assumptions. Hence their results -- notably the well-known externalism/internalism debate - are insufficient, too. So, there is a need for a new theory of knowledge based on the MS thesis. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.subject.classification | bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine::MBNS Epidemiology & medical statistics | |
dc.subject.other | Medical | |
dc.subject.other | Epidemiology | |
dc.title | Knowledge as a Mental State? A Study on Oxford Realism | |
dc.type | book | |
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oapen.collection | Knowledge Unlatched (KU) | |
oapen.imprint | Logos Verlag Berlin | |
oapen.identifier | https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/69809feb-95cf-4cf4-bf6d-e4ece4581676 |