Socratic epistemology explorations of knowledge-seeking by questioning
Most current work in epistemology deals with the evaluation and justification of information already acquired. In this book, Jaakko Hintikka instead discusses the more important problem of how knowledge is acquired in the first place. His model of information-seeking is the old Socratic method of qu...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2007
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Online Access: | Sumario |
See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991003063519708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Summary: | Most current work in epistemology deals with the evaluation and justification of information already acquired. In this book, Jaakko Hintikka instead discusses the more important problem of how knowledge is acquired in the first place. His model of information-seeking is the old Socratic method of questioning, which has been generalized and brought up-to-date through the logical theory of questions and answers that he has developed |
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Physical Description: | VIII, 239 p. ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice |
ISBN: | 9780521851015 9780521616515 |