Epistemology

What have the great philosophers written about the nature of knowledge? <i>Epistemology: The Key Thinkers</i> tells the story of how our thinking about knowledge has developed introducing you to some of the problems and forces that have dominated the history of philosophy.<br/> <br/>Beginning with Plato Aristotle ancient sceptics and the medievals before moving to Descartes the British empiricists Kant American pragmatism and twentieth-century thinkers such as Ludwig Wittgenstein W. V. O. Quine Alvin Goldman and beyond each chapter guides you through the ideas contribution and legacy of a leading philosopher or movement. This second edition includes: <br/> <br/>- A new chapter covering medieval epistemology <br/>- Extended guides to further reading and future directions for epistemology<br/> <br/>The final chapter looks to the future highlighting some of the very latest debates that energise philosophical writing today about knowledge and how we know what we know.<br/><b></b>