What Is Knowledge?

by José Ortega y Gasset

Book Overview

Appearing in English for the first time, this book comprises two of Ortega's most important works, Qu es conocimiento? and the essay "Ideas y creencias." This is Ortega's attempt to systematically present the foundations of his metaphysics of human life and, on that basis, to provide a radical philosophical account of knowledge. In so doing, he criticizes idealism and overcomes it. Accordingly, this book goes well beyond a treatise on epistemology;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791451720
• ISBN13: 9780791451724
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"