Is truth the primary epistemic goal?

Is truth the primary epistemic goal? / Markus Patrick Hess.

This book is focused on a problem that has aroused the most controversy in recent epistemological debate, which is whether the truth can or cannot be the fundamental epistemic goal. Traditional epistemology has presupposed the centrality of truth without giving a deeper analysis. To epistemic value...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hess, Markus Patrick
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, ©2010.
Series:Epistemische Studien (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Bd. 17.
Subjects:
Truth.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Goal (Philosophy)
truth.
epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Knowledge, Theory of
Truth
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction; 2. Can Truth Be an Epistemic Goal?; 3. The Value of Truth; 4. Requirements of the Truth Goal; 5. The Primacy of the Truth Goal; 6. Alternative Monism; 7. The Value of Knowledge; 8. Conclusion; 9. Appendix: Overcoming the Problem of Epistemic Relativism; Bibliography.

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