The Nature and Value of Knowledge: Three Investigations

Duncan Pritchard (Edinburgh University),Alan Millar (University of Stirling),Adrian Haddock (University of Stirling)

The Nature and Value of Knowledge: Three Investigations
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 June 2013
Pages
288
ISBN
9780199586264

The Nature and Value of Knowledge: Three Investigations

Duncan Pritchard (Edinburgh University),Alan Millar (University of Stirling),Adrian Haddock (University of Stirling)

This volume comprises three distinct investigations into the relationship between the nature and the value of knowledge. Each is written by one of the authors in consultation with the other two. ‘Knowledge and Understanding’ (by Duncan Pritchard) critically examines virtue-theoretic responses to the problem of the value of knowledge, and argues that the finally valuable cognitive state is not knowledge but understanding. ‘Knowledge and Recognition’ (by Alan Millar) develops an account of knowledge in which the idea of a recognitional ability plays a prominent role, and argues that this account enables us better to understand knowledge and its value. ‘Knowledge and Action’ (by Adrian Haddock) argues for an account of knowledge and justification which explains why knowledge is valuable, and enables us to make sense of the knowledge we have of our intentional actions.

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