Knowledge in a Social World

Informationen zum Autor Alvin I. Goldman is one of the world's foremost epistemologists; he is Regents Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona, and a Past President of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association. Klappentext Knowledge in a Social World offers a philosophy for the information age. Alvin Goldman explores new frontiers by creating a thoroughgoing social epistemology, moving beyond the traditional focus on solitary knowers. Against the tides of postmodernism and social constructionism Goldman defends the integrity of truth and shows how to promote it by well-designed forms of social interaction. From science to education, from law to democracy, he shows why and how public institutions should seek knowledge-enhancing practices. The result is a bold, timely, and systematic treatment of the philosophical foundations of an information society. Zusammenfassung Here is a philosophy for the information age. Alvin Goldman explores new frontiers by creating a thorough-going social epistemology, moving beyond the traditional focus on solitary knowers, rescuing truth from fashionable assaults and demonstrating its importance to society.

Knowledge in a Social World by Alvin I. Goldman is one of the most recent contributions to the field (of the philosophy of information), and a very welcome one too.

Autorentext
Alvin I. Goldman is one of the world's foremost epistemologists; he is Regents Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona, and a Past President of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association.

Klappentext
Knowledge in a Social World offers a philosophy for the information age. Alvin Goldman explores new frontiers by creating a thoroughgoing social epistemology, moving beyond the traditional focus on solitary knowers. Against the tides of postmodernism and social constructionism Goldman defends the integrity of truth and shows how to promote it by well-designed forms of social interaction. From science to education, from law to democracy, he shows why and how public institutions should seek knowledge-enhancing practices. The result is a bold, timely, and systematic treatment of the philosophical foundations of an information society.


Inhalt
PART I: FOUNDATIONS; 1. Epistemology and postmodern resistance; 2. Truth; 3. The framework; PART II: GENERIC SOCIAL PRACTICES; 4. Testimony; 5. Argumentation; 6. The technology and economics of communication; 7. Speech regulation and the marketplace of ideas; PART III: SPECIAL DOMAINS; 8. Science; 9. Law; 10. Democracy; 11. Education; Bibliography; Index.

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