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Evidence and Inquiry:

Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology
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Wiley, 1995 - Philosophy - 259 pages
In this important new work, Haack develops an original theory of empirical evidence or justification, and argues its appropriateness to the goals of inquiry. In so doing, Haack provides detailed critical case studies of Lewis's foundationalism; Davidson's and Bonjour's coherentism; Popper's 'epistemology without a knowing subject'; Quine's naturalism; Goldman's reliabilism; and Rorty's, Stich's, and the Churchlands' recent obituaries of epistemology.

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An incredibly underrated and undervalued piece of epistemology from an incredibly underrated and undervalued epistemologist. Haack does, in particular, two things right in my view: first, her attempt ... Read full review

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Evidence and Inquiry, by Susan Haack
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Prècis of Evidence and Inquiry: Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology
SUSAN HAACK. PRECIS OF EVIDENCE AND INQUIRY: TOWARDS. RECONSTRUCTION IN EPISTEMOLOGY. There are strong trends in philosophy today hostile to the traditional ...
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JSTOR: Evidence and Inquiry: Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology.
Susan Haack, Evidence and Inquiry: Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology. Oxford: Blackwell, 1993. x + 259 pages. Paul R. Gross and Norman Levitt, ...
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70 Book Reviews. a priori ways of dealing with language, which cannot be dismissed in this. way. 3. Wittgenstein was never a proponent of ordinary language ...
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Evidence and Inquiry: Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology. By Susan Haack. Oxford: Blackweli, 1993. x. +. 259 pages. On the whole and despite some arid ...
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Prècis of Evidence and Inquiry: Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology. Author: Haack S.1. Source: Synthese, Volume 112, Number 1, July 1997 , pp. 7-11(5) ...
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Haack, Susan: Evidence and Inquiry
Haack, Susan: Evidence and Inquiry. Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology, Blackwell, Oxford, 1993, x+259 págs. La filósofa británica Susan Haack, ...
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Summary Bio
Haack is the author of Deviant Logic; Philosophy of Logics; Evidence and Inquiry: Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology; Deviant Logic, Fuzzy Logic: Beyond ...
www.as.miami.edu/ phi/ haack/ Summary%20Bio%208.2007.doc

Virtue Foundherentism
KRITERION. Nr. 20 (2006), pp. 14-21. Virtue Foundherentism. Brian Lightbody. Brock University,. Ontario (Canada). Abstract ...
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Susan Haack - Coherence, Consistency, Cogency, Congruity ...
Her books include Philosophy of Logics (1978); Evidence and Inquiry: Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology (1993); Deviant Passionate Moderate: ...
muse.jhu.edu/ journals/ new_literary_history/ v035/ 35.2haack.html

About the author (1995)

Susan Haack, formerly Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, is now Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami. She is author of Deviant Logic and Philosophy of Logics, and of articles on epistemology, metaphysics, and pragmatism.

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TitleEvidence and Inquiry: Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology
AuthorSusan Haack
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherWiley, 1995
ISBN063119679X, 9780631196792
Length259 pages
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