The Nature and Value of Knowledge: Three Investigations

by Alan Millar, Duncan Pritchard, Adrian Haddock

Book Overview

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'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199655154
• ISBN13: 9780199655151
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"