Knowledge from a Human Point of View

This open access book – as the title suggests – explores some of the historical roots and epistemological ramifications of perspectivism. Perspectivism has recently emerged in philosophy of science as an interesting new position in the debate between scientific realism and anti-realism. But there is...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-296072025-07-21T15:57:32Z Knowledge from a Human Point of View Crețu, Ana-Maria Massimi, Michela Philosophy of Science Epistemology Perspectival realism Ernst Sosa on virtue perspectivism Conceptual relativism Standpoint epistemology Scientific understanding Explanatory perspectivism Putnam’s naturalism American Pragmatists on contextualism Nietzsche on perspectivism Kant on perspectivism anti-realism Nagelian Epistemic Circularity Putnam Critique of Pure Reason contextualism scientific knowledge of nature Carnap Open access Philosophy of science Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge This open access book – as the title suggests – explores some of the historical roots and epistemological ramifications of perspectivism. Perspectivism has recently emerged in philosophy of science as an interesting new position in the debate between scientific realism and anti-realism. But there is a lot more to perspectivism than discussions in philosophy of science so far have suggested. Perspectivism is a much broader view that emphasizes how our knowledge (in particular our scientific knowledge of nature) is situated; it is always from a human vantage point (as opposed to some Nagelian "view from nowhere"). This edited collection brings together a diverse team of established and early career scholars across a variety of fields (from the history of philosophy to epistemology and philosophy of science). The resulting nine essays trace some of the seminal ideas of perspectivism back to Kant, Nietzsche, the American Pragmatists, and Putnam, while the second part of the book tackles issues concerning the relation between perspectivism, relativism, and standpoint theories, and the implications of perspectivism for epistemological debates about veritism, epistemic normativity and the foundations of human knowledge. 2021-02-10T13:33:57Z 2021-02-10T13:33:57Z 2020-09-21T13:41:04Z 2020 book ONIX_20200921_9783030270414_86 OCN: 1129392124 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41729 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/29607 eng Synthese Library open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41729/1/2020_Book_KnowledgeFromAHumanPointOfView.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41729/1/2020_Book_KnowledgeFromAHumanPointOfView.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41729/1/2020_Book_KnowledgeFromAHumanPointOfView.pdf Springer Nature Springer 10.1007/978-3-030-27041-4 10.1007/978-3-030-27041-4 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a Springer 152 open access
spellingShingle Philosophy of Science
Epistemology
Perspectival realism
Ernst Sosa on virtue perspectivism
Conceptual relativism
Standpoint epistemology
Scientific understanding
Explanatory perspectivism
Putnam’s naturalism
American Pragmatists on contextualism
Nietzsche on perspectivism
Kant on perspectivism
anti-realism
Nagelian
Epistemic Circularity
Putnam
Critique of Pure Reason
contextualism
scientific knowledge of nature
Carnap
Open access
Philosophy of science
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
Knowledge from a Human Point of View
title Knowledge from a Human Point of View
title_full Knowledge from a Human Point of View
title_fullStr Knowledge from a Human Point of View
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge from a Human Point of View
title_short Knowledge from a Human Point of View
title_sort knowledge from a human point of view
topic Philosophy of Science
Epistemology
Perspectival realism
Ernst Sosa on virtue perspectivism
Conceptual relativism
Standpoint epistemology
Scientific understanding
Explanatory perspectivism
Putnam’s naturalism
American Pragmatists on contextualism
Nietzsche on perspectivism
Kant on perspectivism
anti-realism
Nagelian
Epistemic Circularity
Putnam
Critique of Pure Reason
contextualism
scientific knowledge of nature
Carnap
Open access
Philosophy of science
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
topic_facet Philosophy of Science
Epistemology
Perspectival realism
Ernst Sosa on virtue perspectivism
Conceptual relativism
Standpoint epistemology
Scientific understanding
Explanatory perspectivism
Putnam’s naturalism
American Pragmatists on contextualism
Nietzsche on perspectivism
Kant on perspectivism
anti-realism
Nagelian
Epistemic Circularity
Putnam
Critique of Pure Reason
contextualism
scientific knowledge of nature
Carnap
Open access
Philosophy of science
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
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