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Nuno Venturinha Description of Situations An Essay in Contextualist Epistemology Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy

Approaches classic epistemological problems from a context-sensitive perspective Explores in a fresh way the works of key thinkers in epistemology Introduces a new contextualist thought-experiment for dealing with moral questions This book approaches classic epistemological problems from a contextualist perspective. The author takes as his point of departure the fact that we are situated beings, more specifically that every single moment in our lives is already given within the framework of a specific context in the midst of which we understand ourselves and what surrounds us. In the process of his investigation, the author explores, in a fresh way, the works of key thinkers in epistemology. These include Bernard Bolzano, René Descartes, Gottlob Frege, Edmund Husserl, and , but also contemporary authors such as Stewart 1st ed. 2018, XXIII, 96 p. 43 illus. Cohen, Keith DeRose, David Lewis, Duncan Pritchard, Ernest Sosa and Charles Travis. Some of the topics covered are attributions of , the correspondence theory of truth, objectivity Printed book and subjectivity, possible worlds, primary and secondary evidence, scepticism, Softcover transcendentalism and relativism. The book also introduces a new contextualist thought- 54,99 € | £49.99 | $69.99 experiment for dealing with moral questions. Contextualism has received a great deal of [1]58,84 € (D) | 60,49 € (A) | CHF attention in contemporary epistemology. It has the potential to resolve a number of issues that 65,00 traditional epistemological approaches cannot address. In particular, a contextualist view opens eBook the way to an understanding of those cognitive processes that require situational information 46,00 € | £39.99 | $54.99 to be fully grasped. However, contextualism poses serious difficulties in regard to epistemic [2]46,00 € (D) | 46,00 € (A) | CHF invariance. This book offers readers an innovative approach to some fundamental questions in 52,00 this field. Available from your library or springer.com/shop MyCopy [3] Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy Error[en_EN | Export.Bookseller. MediumType | SE]

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