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Knowing What Things Are: An Inquiry-Based Approach

Knowing What Things Are: An Inquiry-Based Approach

Abath, André J.

Paperback

Series: Synthese Library, Book 466

PhilosophyLinguisticsGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 3031073673
ISBN13: 9783031073670
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Aug 10 2023
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

​This book provides an account of what is to know what things are, focusing on kinds, both natural (such as water) and social (such as marriage). It brings tools from an area that has received much attention in recent years, the epistemology of inquiry. The knowledge of what things are is to be understood as resulting from successful inquiries directed at questions of the form 'What is x?', where x stands for a given kind of thing. The book also addresses knowledge-wh in general (which includes knowledge-who and knowledge-where), as well as the phenomenon of ignorance regarding what things are and our obligations in respect to knowing what things are. It also brings to light new avenues of research for those interested in the relation between the knowledge of what things are and concept possession and amelioration.

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