The problem of knowledge |
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User Review - keylawk - LibraryThingCassirer's friend and translator describes this work as Cassirer's analysis showing the interconnectedness of various ways of knowing -- from the work of physicists, mathematicians, biologists and ... Read full review
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User Review - P_S_Patrick - LibraryThingAs is evident from the title, this book is on the the philosophy of knowledge or epistemology. Though it is quite suitable for the general reader, in that a knowledge of philosophy is not really ... Read full review
Contents
PREFACE | 6 |
i The method of philosophy ii Common features | 14 |
philosophy | 31 |
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