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OverviewChecking is a very common concept for describing a subject’s epistemic goals and actions. Surprisingly, there has been no philosophical attention paid to the notion of checking. This is the first book to develop a comprehensive epistemic theory of checking. The author argues that sensitivity is necessary for checking but not for knowing, thereby finding a new home for the much discussed modal sensitivity principle. He then uses the distinction between checking and knowing to explain central puzzles about knowledge, particularly those concerning knowledge closure, bootstrapping and the skeptical puzzle. Knowing and Checking: An Epistemological Investigation will be of interest to epistemologists and other philosophers looking for a general theory of checking and testing or for new solutions to central epistemological problems. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Guido MelchiorPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.498kg ISBN: 9780367141127ISBN 10: 0367141124 Pages: 278 Publication Date: 02 May 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart I: Checking Chapter 1: Introduction: The Methodological Approach Chapter 2: Modal Knowledge Accounts Chapter 3: SAC: A Sensitivity Account of Checking Chapter 4: Checking, Alternatives, and Discrimination Chapter 5: Checking, Inferences, and Necessities Part II: Checking and Knowledge Puzzles Chapter 6: SAC and Knowledge Puzzles Chapter 7: Checking and Bootstrapping Chapter 8: SAC and the Skeptical PuzzleReviews"""Knowing and Checking explores several important issues, providing an account of checking, charting the connections between checking and knowing, and further investigating the role of sensitivity within epistemology."" -Robert Weston Siscoe, Acta Analytica" Author InformationGuido Melchior is Privatdozent and project leader at the University of Graz and recurring visiting scholar at the University of Arizona. He has previously published in Philosophical Studies, Erkenntnis, and Episteme among other journals. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |