{"product_id":"after-certainty-a-history-of-our-epistemic-ideals-and-illusions-paperback","title":"After Certainty: A History of Our Epistemic Ideals and Illusions - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Pasnau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo part of philosophy is as disconnected from its history as is epistemology. \u003cem\u003eAfter Certainty\u003c\/em\u003e offers a reconstruction of that history, understood as a series of changing expectations about the cognitive ideal that beings such as us might hope to achieve in a world such as this. The story begins with Aristotle and then looks at how his epistemic program was developed through later antiquity and into the Middle Ages, before being dramatically reformulated in the seventeenth century. In watching these debates unfold over the centuries, one sees why epistemology has traditionally been embedded within a much larger sphere of concerns about human nature and the reality of the world we live in. It ultimately becomes clear why epistemology today has become a much narrower and specialized field, concerned with the conditions under which it is true to say, that someone knows something. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on a series of lectures given at Oxford University, Robert Pasnau's book ranges widely over the history of philosophy, and examines in some detail the rise of science as an autonomous discipline. Ultimately Pasnau argues that we may have no good reasons to suppose ourselves capable of achieving even the most minimal standards for knowledge, and the final chapter concludes with a discussion of faith and hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Pasnau, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Philosophy, University of Colorado\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Pasnau is professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the founding editor of \u003cem\u003eOxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e and the author of many scholarly books and articles on the history of philosophy and its contemporary manifestations. His 2011 book \u003cem\u003eMetaphysical Themes 1274-1671\u003c\/em\u003e traced the breakdown of Aristotelianism and the rise of early modern metaphysics. In 2014 he gave the Isaiah Berlin Lectures at Oxford University, which now appear as \u003cem\u003eAfter Certainty\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.6 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45911039082693,"sku":"9780198852186","price":106.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/yhEKP4FcF19780198852186.webp?v=1772060698","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/after-certainty-a-history-of-our-epistemic-ideals-and-illusions-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}