Knowledge in Contemporary Philosophy

<p><i>The Philosophy of Knowledge: A History</i> presents the history of one of Western philosophy's greatest challenges: understanding the nature of knowledge. Divided chronologically into four volumes it follows conceptions of knowledge that have been proposed defended replaced and proposed anew by ancient medieval modern and contemporary philosophers. <p/>This volume covers contemporary discussions about scientific social and self-knowledge and attempts to understand knowledge naturalistically contextually and normatively. <p/>With original insights into the vast sweep of ways in which philosophers have sought to understand knowledge <i>The Philosophy of Knowledge: A History </i>embraces what is vital and evolving within contemporary epistemology. Overseen by an international team of leading philosophers and featuring 50 specially-commissioned chapters this is a major collection on one of philosophy's defining topics.</p>