Refurbishing Epistemology: A Meta-Epistemological Framework

Dominique Kuenzle

Published by De Gruyter 2017

Refurbishing Epistemology

A Meta-Epistemological Framework

Dominique Kuenzle

Volume 35 in the series Epistemic Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110525458

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Even though important developments within 20th and 21st century philosophy have widened the scope of epistemology, this has not yet resulted in a systematic meta-epistemological debate about epistemology’s aims, methods, and criteria of success. Ideas such as the methodology of reflective equilibrium, the proposal to "naturalize" epistemology, constructivist impulses fuelling the "sociology of scientific knowledge", pragmatist calls for taking into account the practical point of epistemic evaluations, as well as feminist criticism of the abstract and individualist assumptions built into traditional epistemology are widely discussed, but they have not typically resulted in the call for, let alone the construction of, a suitable meta-epistemological framework.
This book motivates and elaborates such a new meta-epistemology. It provides a pragmatist, social and functionalist account of epistemic states that offers the conceptual space for revised or even replaced epistemic concepts. This is what it means to "refurbish epistemology": The book assesses conceptual tools in relation to epistemology’s functionally defined conceptual space, responsive to both intra-epistemic considerations and political and moral values.

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Dominique Kuenzle, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Retooling the Epistemic Workshop Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Towards a New Meta-Epistemology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2. What Is “Meta-Epistemology”? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
3. Epistemic States and Performances Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
4. Varieties of Norm-Talk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
5. Epistemic Evaluations and Concepts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, libraries, institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 256
Keywords: Social epistemology; feminist epistemology; Thomas S. Kuhn; normativity; functionalism

eBook

Published: June 26, 2017
ISBN: 9783110525458

Hardcover

Published: June 26, 2017
ISBN: 9783110519419