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• catalog abstract "Philosophy long sought to set knowledge on a firm foundation, through derivation of indubitable truths by infallible rules. For want of such truths and rules, the enterprise foundered. Nevertheless, foundationalism's heirs continue their forbears' quest, seeking security against epistemic misfortune, while their detractors typically espouse unbridled coherentism or facile relativism. Maintaining that neither stance is tenable, Catherine Elgin devises a via media between the absolute and the arbitrary, reconceiving the nature, goals, and methods of epistemology. In Considered Judgment, she argues for a reconception that takes reflective equilibrium as the standard of rational acceptability. A system of thought is in reflective equilibrium when its components are reasonable in light of one another, and the account they comprise is reasonable in light of our antecedent convictions about the subject it concerns. Many epistemologists now concede that certainty is a chimerical goal. But they continue to accept the traditional conception of epistemology's problematic. Elgin suggests that in abandoning the quest for certainty we gain opportunities for a broader epistemological purview - one that comprehends the arts and does justice to the sciences. She contends that metaphor, fiction, emotion, and exemplification often advance understanding in science as well as in art. The range of epistemology is broader and more variegated than is usually recognized. Tenable systems of thought are neither absolute nor arbitrary. Although they afford no guarantees, they are good in the way of belief.".
• catalog contributor b10246668.
• catalog created "c1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "c1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
• catalog description "Ch. I. Epistemology's End. Quarry. Perfect Procedural Epistemology. Imperfect Procedural Epistemology. Pure Procedural Epistemology. Approach -- Ch. II. The Failure of Foundationalism. Requirements. Blueprint. Strict Strictures. Lower Standards. Meaning. Causality. Subjunctive Support. Collapse -- Ch. III. Knowledge by Consensus. The Social Construction of Knowledge. Games People Play. Playing for Real. The Inquiry Game. Puzzle Solving. Widening the Field. Diverging Paths. Normalizing Relations. Does Charity End at Home? Summing Up. What We Do. Two Concepts of Rules -- Ch. IV. The Merits of Equilibrium. Initial Tenability. Reflective Equilibrium. Going Public. Bootstrapping. Change in Focus: From Knowledge to Understanding. The Growth of Understanding. Judgment Calls. Deeper Conflicts. Restrictions on Relativism -- Ch. V. The Heart Has Its Reasons. Feelings. Frames of Mind. Tenability. Emotional Honesty. Classification. Emotion and the Range of Epistemology --".
• catalog description "Ch. VI. Shifting Focus. Telling Instances. Learning from Examples. Fiction in Fact. Fiction's Feedback. What We Learn about What We Know. Getting perspective. Tenable Fictions. Figurative functions. Reconfiguration. Summing Up. -- Ch. VII. Epistemic Interdependence. Verstehen. Language. Interdeterminacy.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Many epistemologists now concede that certainty is a chimerical goal. But they continue to accept the traditional conception of epistemology's problematic. Elgin suggests that in abandoning the quest for certainty we gain opportunities for a broader epistemological purview - one that comprehends the arts and does justice to the sciences. She contends that metaphor, fiction, emotion, and exemplification often advance understanding in science as well as in art. The range of epistemology is broader and more variegated than is usually recognized. Tenable systems of thought are neither absolute nor arbitrary. Although they afford no guarantees, they are good in the way of belief.".
• catalog description "Philosophy long sought to set knowledge on a firm foundation, through derivation of indubitable truths by infallible rules. For want of such truths and rules, the enterprise foundered. Nevertheless, foundationalism's heirs continue their forbears' quest, seeking security against epistemic misfortune, while their detractors typically espouse unbridled coherentism or facile relativism. Maintaining that neither stance is tenable, Catherine Elgin devises a via media between the absolute and the arbitrary, reconceiving the nature, goals, and methods of epistemology. In Considered Judgment, she argues for a reconception that takes reflective equilibrium as the standard of rational acceptability. A system of thought is in reflective equilibrium when its components are reasonable in light of one another, and the account they comprise is reasonable in light of our antecedent convictions about the subject it concerns.".
• catalog extent "x, 227 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0691028796 (cloth : acid-free paper)".
• catalog identifier "9780691028798 (cloth : acid-free paper)".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "c1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
• catalog subject "121 20".
• catalog subject "BD161 .E44 1996".
• catalog subject "Kennistheorie. gtt".
• catalog subject "Knowledge, Theory of.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Ch. I. Epistemology's End. Quarry. Perfect Procedural Epistemology. Imperfect Procedural Epistemology. Pure Procedural Epistemology. Approach -- Ch. II. The Failure of Foundationalism. Requirements. Blueprint. Strict Strictures. Lower Standards. Meaning. Causality. Subjunctive Support. Collapse -- Ch. III. Knowledge by Consensus. The Social Construction of Knowledge. Games People Play. Playing for Real. The Inquiry Game. Puzzle Solving. Widening the Field. Diverging Paths. Normalizing Relations. Does Charity End at Home? Summing Up. What We Do. Two Concepts of Rules -- Ch. IV. The Merits of Equilibrium. Initial Tenability. Reflective Equilibrium. Going Public. Bootstrapping. Change in Focus: From Knowledge to Understanding. The Growth of Understanding. Judgment Calls. Deeper Conflicts. Restrictions on Relativism -- Ch. V. The Heart Has Its Reasons. Feelings. Frames of Mind. Tenability. Emotional Honesty. Classification. Emotion and the Range of Epistemology --".
• catalog tableOfContents "Ch. VI. Shifting Focus. Telling Instances. Learning from Examples. Fiction in Fact. Fiction's Feedback. What We Learn about What We Know. Getting perspective. Tenable Fictions. Figurative functions. Reconfiguration. Summing Up. -- Ch. VII. Epistemic Interdependence. Verstehen. Language. Interdeterminacy.".
• catalog title "Considered judgment / Catherine Z. Elgin.".
• catalog type "text".