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Knowledge and Its Limits

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Knowledge and Its Limits
AuthorTimothy Williamson
GenreNon-fiction
Published2002
PublisherOxford University Press
Pages354 pages
ISBN9780191598678

Knowledge and Its Limits, a 2000 book by philosopher Timothy Williamson,[1] argues that the concept of knowledge cannot be analyzed into a set of other concepts; instead, it is sui generis. Thus, though knowledge requires justification, truth, and belief, the word "knowledge" cannot be accurately regarded as simply shorthand for "justified true belief". It initiated a new approach to epistemology, generally referred to as knowledge-first epistemology.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Timothy Williamson (2000). Knowledge and its Limits. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-825043-6.
  2. ^ Aidan McGlynn, Knowledge First?, Springer, 2014, p. ix.