Knowledge and Practical Interests

by Jason Stanley and Jason F. Stanley

Book Overview

Jason Stanley presents a startling and provocative claim about knowledge: that whether or not someone knows a proposition at a given time is in part determined by his or her practical interests, i.e. by how much is at stake for that person at that time. So whether a true belief is knowledge is not merely a matter of supporting beliefs or reliability; in the case of knowledge, practical rationality and theoretical rationality are intertwined. Stanley...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199230439
• ISBN13: 9780199230433
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.8"