01603cam a2200301 4500 8159 20230411085745.0 060907s2014 nyu eng funglode8226 9780199661268 R AC 5 V573 081 GRAL Nagel, Jennifer. Knowledge : a very short introduction / Prof Jennifer Nagel. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014. 133 p. ; 18 cm. Very short introductions ; n.400 Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Introduction -- 2. Scepticism -- 3. Rationalism and empiricism -- 4. The analysis of knowledge -- 5. Internalism and externalism -- 6. Testimony -- 7. Shifting standards? -- 8. Knowing about knowing. What is knowledge? How does it differ from mere belief? Can we know that the outer world is real and not a dream? Epistemology is the branch of philosophy devoted to answering questions like these. This Very Short Introduction explores classical and contemporary epistemology, covering topics from ancient relativism and scepticism to the trustworthiness on internet sources. Using intuitive examples and ideas from linguistics and psychology, as well as philosophy, Jennifer Nagel explains what we now know about knowledge. Knowledge, Theory of. Knowledge. Sciences cognitives. Very short introductions n.400 Very short introductions ; 400. lcc bk 107051 107051 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF BJB BJB REF 2019-02-17 0 R AC 5 V573 00000075046 2019-02-17 00:00:00 1 2019-02-17 bk