Erik J. Olsson

Knowledge and Inquiry

Essays on the Pragmatism of Isaac Levi

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Produktbeschreibung

The essays in this volume contribute substantially to the understanding of Isaac Levi's work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 647g
• ISBN-13: 9780521314473
• ISBN-10: 052131447X
• Artikelnr.: 34559708

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Erik J. Olsson
1. Isaac Levi and his pragmatist lineage Cheryl Misak
2. Is pragmatist truth irrelevant to inquiry? Andre Fuhrmann
3. The knowledge business Philip Kitcher
4. Infallibility and incorrigibility Bengt Hansson
5. Why inconsistency is not hell: making room for inconsistency in science Otavio Bueno
6. Levi on risk Nils-Eric Sahlin
7. Vexed convexity Henry E. Kyburg
8. Levi's chances D. H. Mellor
9. Isaac Levi's potentially surprising epistemological picture Wolfgang Spohn
10. Isaac Levi on abduction Maurice Pagnucco
11. Potential answers - to what question? Erik J. Olsson
12. Levi and the lottery Erik J. Olsson
13. The value of truth and the value of information: on Isaac Levi's epistemology Hans Rott
14. Decision-theoretic contraction and sequential change Horacio Arlo-Costa
15. Deciding what you know Mark Kaplan
16. Levi's ideals Sven Ove Hansson
17. The mind we do not change Wolfram Hinzen
18. Psychoanalysis as technology Akeel Bilgrami
19. Levi on money pumps and diachronic Dutch books Wlodek Rabinowicz
20. Levi on the reality of dispositions Johannes Persson
21. Replies Isaac Levi.