Williamson, Timothy
Knowledge and Its Limits
- ISBN 13:
- 9780199256563
- author:
- Williamson, Timothy
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2002
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 156mm X 235mm
- Genre:
- Epistemology, theory of knowledge
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Knowledge and Its Limits by Timothy Williamson explores the fundamental nature of knowledge. This philosophical work challenges traditional approaches to epistemology, instead positing that belief is a state whose successful form is knowledge. The author argues that knowing is as much a mental state as believing, but it is world-involving because one can only know what is true. This perspective extends the externalist conception of mind beyond the contents of mental states to the attitudes towards those contents. The book also examines the limits on what can be known and how these limitations affect rationality. By questioning the nature of knowledge and its relationship to justification, evidence, and rational action, Williamson's work offers a nuanced understanding of epistemology and its implications for our understanding of the world.
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