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21. Knowledge and Belief

    By Frederick F. Schmitt

    Series: Problems of Philosophy

    Knowledge, from Plato onwards, has been considered in relation to justified belief. Current debate has centred around the nature of the justification and whether justified belief can be considered an internal or extenal matter. Epistemological internalists argue that the subject must be able to...

    Published March 11th 1992 by Routledge
22. Political Freedom

    By George G. Brenkert

    Series: Problems of Philosophy

    This book examines the underlying theoretical issues concerning the nature of political freedom. Arguing that most previous discussions of such freedom have been too narrowly focused, it explores both conservativism from Edmund Burke to its present resurgence, the radical tradition of Karl Marx, as...

    Published October 9th 1991 by Routledge
23. Knowledge of the External World

    By Bruce Aune

    Series: Problems of Philosophy

    Many philosophers believe that the traditional problem of our knowledge of the external world was dissolved by Wittgestein and others. They argue that it was not really a problem - just a linguistic `confusion' that did not actually require a solution. Bruce Aune argues that they are wrong. He...

    Published June 26th 1991 by Routledge
24. The Nature of Art

    By A. L. Cothey

    Series: Problems of Philosophy

    Although various aesthetic themes have preoccupied many major philosophers, from Plato to Goodman, the central questions of the philosophy of art have remained ill-defined. This book gives a concise and systematic account of the leading philosophical ideas about art and aesthetics from ancient...

    Published December 12th 1990 by Routledge
25. Scepticism

    By Christopher Hookway

    Series: Problems of Philosophy

    Scepticism is a subject which has preoccupied philosophers for two thousand years. This book presents an historical perspective on scepticism by considering contrasting views, such as those of Sextus Empiricus, Descartes and Hume, on why scepticism is important. With its historical perspective and...

    Published October 24th 1990 by Routledge
26. The Weakness of the Will

    By Justin Gosling

    Series: Problems of Philosophy

    Published October 3rd 1990 by Routledge