The epistemic dimensions of ignorance

✍ Scribed by Blaauw, Martijn;Peels, Rik

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 228
Edition: First paperback edition
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Introduction Rik Peels and Martijn Blaauw
2. The nature of ignorance: two views Pierre Le Morvan and Rik Peels
3. The varieties of ignorance Nikolaj Nottelmann
4. Ignorance and incompetence: linguistic considerations Berit Brogaard
5. Explicating ignorance and doubt: a possible worlds approach Erik J. Olsson and Carlo Proietti
6. Ignorance and epistemic contextualism Michael Blome-Tillmann
7. Anti-intellectualism and ignorance Jessica Brown
8. Ignorance and epistemic value Duncan Pritchard
9. Ignorance and the religious life Justin McBrayer
10. Epistemic injustice and the preservation of ignorance Miranda Fricker
11. Ignorance and racial insensitivity Jose Medina.

✦ Subjects

Erkenntnistheorie;Unwissenheit;Aufsatzsammlung

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