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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Main Author: Hintikka, Jaakko, 1929- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2007
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Online Access:Sumario
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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
Physical Description:VIII, 239 p. ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice
ISBN:9780521851015
9780521616515