Socratic Epistemology
Author | : Jaakko Hintikka |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2007-09-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521616514 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521616515 |
Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Download or read book Socratic Epistemology written by Jaakko Hintikka and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most current work in epistemology deals with the evaluation and justification of information already acquired. In this book, Jaakko Hintikka instead discusses the more important problem of how knowledge is acquired in the first place. His model of information-seeking is the old Socratic method of questioning, which has been generalized and brought up-to-date through the logical theory of questions and answers that he has developed.