Philosophy After Objectivity

by Paul K. Moser

Book Overview

Since the beginning of philosophy, philosophers have sought objective knowledge: knowledge of things whose existence does not depend on one's conceiving of them. This book uses lessons from debates over objective knowledge to characterize the kinds of reasons pertinent to philosophical and other theoretical views. It argues that we cannot meet skeptics' typical demands for nonquestion-begging support for claims to objective truth, and that therefore...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195081099
• ISBN13: 9780195081091
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"