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How Do We Know?: An Introduction to Epistemology
What does it mean to know something? Can we have confidence in our knowledge?
Epistemology, the study of knowledge, can often seem like a daunting subject. And yet few topics are more basic to human life. We are inquisitive creatures by nature, and the unending quest for truth leads us to raise difficult questions about the quest itself. What are the conditions, sources, and limits of our knowledge? Do our beliefs need to be rationally justified? Can we have certainty?
In this primer on epistemology, James Dew and Mark Foreman guide readers through this discipline in philosophy. This second edition has been expanded with new material and now serves as the first volume in IVP's Questions in Christian Philosophy series. By asking basic questions and using clear, jargon-free language, they provide an entry into one of the most important issues in contemporary philosophy.
The Questions in Christian Philosophy Series features introductory textbooks that offer students a Christian perspective on the various branches of philosophy, enabling them as they seek to understand all facets of life including existence, knowledge, ethics, art, and more.
Epistemology, the study of knowledge, can often seem like a daunting subject. And yet few topics are more basic to human life. We are inquisitive creatures by nature, and the unending quest for truth leads us to raise difficult questions about the quest itself. What are the conditions, sources, and limits of our knowledge? Do our beliefs need to be rationally justified? Can we have certainty?
In this primer on epistemology, James Dew and Mark Foreman guide readers through this discipline in philosophy. This second edition has been expanded with new material and now serves as the first volume in IVP's Questions in Christian Philosophy series. By asking basic questions and using clear, jargon-free language, they provide an entry into one of the most important issues in contemporary philosophy.
The Questions in Christian Philosophy Series features introductory textbooks that offer students a Christian perspective on the various branches of philosophy, enabling them as they seek to understand all facets of life including existence, knowledge, ethics, art, and more.
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Mark W. Foreman
6 books6 followersDr. Foreman came to Liberty University as a graduate student in 1989 and joined the faculty in 1990. From 1990 – 1994, he designed and maintained the Phil 201 course for Liberty’s distance learning program. He continues as the subject matter expert for the current online Phil 201 course. In 1994 Dr. Foreman moved into the residential philosophy department where he has been ever since.
Dr. Foreman currently has one book in print, Christianity and Bioethics: Confronting Clinical Issues (Wipf and Stock, 2011) and has two books forthcoming from InterVaristy Press on philosophy and epistemology, respectively. He also has a number of chapters and articles in other publications dealing with issues in apologetics and bioethics.
Dr. Foreman has been married 33 years and has three adult children. He enjoys being actively involved in directing and performing in plays and musicals for the local community theaters. He also enjoys watching baseball and tennis and playing the vibraphone.
Dr. Foreman currently has one book in print, Christianity and Bioethics: Confronting Clinical Issues (Wipf and Stock, 2011) and has two books forthcoming from InterVaristy Press on philosophy and epistemology, respectively. He also has a number of chapters and articles in other publications dealing with issues in apologetics and bioethics.
Dr. Foreman has been married 33 years and has three adult children. He enjoys being actively involved in directing and performing in plays and musicals for the local community theaters. He also enjoys watching baseball and tennis and playing the vibraphone.
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