Description: Knowing What Things Are by André J. Abath This book provides an account of what is to know what things are, focusing on kinds, both natural (such as water) and social (such as marriage). It brings tools from an area that has received much attention in recent years, the epistemology of inquiry. The knowledge of what things are is to be understood as resulting from successful inquiries directed at questions of the form What is x?, where x stands for a given kind of thing. The book also addresses knowledge-wh in general (which includes knowledge-who and knowledge-where), as well as the phenomenon of ignorance regarding what things are and our obligations in respect to knowing what things are. It also brings to light new avenues of research for those interested in the relation between the knowledge of what things are and concept possession and amelioration.Knowing What Things Are should be of interest to researchers in Epistemology, Philosophy of Language,Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Social Philosophy and Linguistics. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography André J. Abath (PhD Sheffield) is Professor of Philosophy at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), in Brazil. His teaching and research engage the fields of philosophy of mind, language and epistemology. Table of Contents 1. Introduction.- Part I. Toward the Erotetic View. 2. The Knowledge of What Things Are: Possible Views.- 3. Questions and Answers: Understanding Knowledge-Wh.- 4. The Erotetic View.- Part II. Developing the Erotetic View. 5. The Gradability of the Knowledge of What Things Are.- 6. Social Kinds, the Erotetic View and Erotetic Amelioration.- 7. The Knowledge of What Things Are: Ignorance and Obligations.- Appendix A. Having Concepts and Knowing What Things Are.- Appendix B. Incomplete Understanding of Concepts and the Gradability of the Knowledge of What Things Are.- Appendix C. The Knowledge of What Particular Things Are. Details ISBN3031073673 Author André J. Abath Pages 138 Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Edition Description 1st ed. 2022 Series Synthese Library Year 2023 Edition 1st ISBN-13 9783031073670 Format Paperback Imprint Springer International Publishing AG Subtitle An Inquiry-Based Approach Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Alternative 9783031073649 DEWEY 121 Series Number 466 Illustrations 1 Illustrations, black and white; X, 138 p. 1 illus. Audience Professional & Vocational Publication Date 2023-08-10 ISBN-10 3031073673 UK Release Date 2023-08-10 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159688332;
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