9780801428623 - The Reliability of Sense Perception: Transformations in the American Legal Profession von Alston, William P. (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. om a review by Richard Foley in Philosophical Review, Jan. 1995, "This is a beautifully written and argued book. Its principal aim is to show that epistemologists cannot have one of the things they most want: a convincing, noncircular defense of the reliability of sense perception. The bulk of the book is devoted to canvassing, and dismissing, attempts to establish the reliability of our perceptual practices, but in the last chapter Alston tries to tease out a positive lesson from the failure of these attempts."Hardcover in Near-Fine condition in a near-fine dust jacket, 8vo, pages: x,[xi-xii],[1]-148. Red cloth with spine titles in white, pale yellow end-papers, bibliography, index. First edition. Spine tail lightly bumped, dust jacket spine very lightly faded, spine head very lightly worn (light spots in photograph are light reflections); nice clean copy. Bookseller accession no.: 26178.

Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. Why suppose that sense perception is an accurate source of information about the physcial environment? More generally, is it possible to demonstrate that our basic ways of forming beliefs are reliable? In this book, a leading analytic philosopher confronts .

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.