In his book Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, E.O. Wilson laid out a grand vision for how the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities might be coherently interrelated. Given how ...

The debate over the nature of knowledge has long contended with the distinction between theoretical understanding (knowing that) and the capacity to perform tasks (knowing how). This research topic ...

Visual metaphors and intuitive explanations abound in this entertaining, informative and accessible exploration of philosophy ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A satisfactory theory of knowledge in which the shortcomings of a pure externalist account are avoided and in which the Gettier problem is ...

Synthese spans the topics of Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. Coverage includes the theory of knowledge; general methodological problems of science, of induction and probability, ...

William & Mary’s Department of Philosophy is hosting an afternoon conference from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 5, in James Blair Hall 223 to honor Alan H. Goldman, William R. Kenan Jr.

IT would have been a real treat for philosophers to have a genuine study of Plato's “Theory of Knowledge” by Prof. Cornford. As it stands, however, the title of the book is misleading as it offers no ...