Rethinking Knowledge: The Heuristic View

By Carlo Cellucci

Book Overview

1. Introduction.- 2. The Heuristic View.- 3. The Foundationalist View.- 4. The Limits of Skepticism.- 5. Philosophy and the Humanistic Disciplines.- 6. The Nature of Knowledge.- 7. Knowledge to Reality.- 8. Knowledge and Truth.- 9. Knowledge, Plausibly, and Common Sense.- 10. Other Questions About Knowledge.- 11. A Discourse on Method.- 12. The Method of Knowledge.- 13. Knowledge as Problem Solving.- 14. Modeling Scientific Knowledge.- 15. Perceptual Knowledge.- 16. Knowledge and Error.- 17. Knowledge and Mind.- 18. The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge.- 19. Mathematical Objects, Definitions, Diagrams.- 20. Mathematics: Problem Solving or Theorem Proving?.- 21. Two Notions of Mathematical Demonstration.- 22. Mathematical Explanations.- 23. Mathematical Beauty.- 24. Mathematics and Reality.- 25. Conclusion.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319532367
• ISBN13: 9783319532363
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 427 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"