<strong>Knowledge</strong> gives a clear and accessible overview of the main themes andquestions that have provided the context for modern discussions beginning... » 

Knowledge gives a clear and accessible overview of the main themes andquestions that have provided the context for modern discussions beginning withPlato and Cartesian individualism. Welbourne examines the various contemporarytripartite analyses of knowledge in terms of belief truth and some form ofjustification and shows that they fail to adequately capture the idea ofknowledge. He argues for a wider view of philosophy of knowledge that includesexamination of the surrounding social practices placing particular emphasis onthe notion of testimony. Welbourne argues that knowledge is an essentially apublic phenomenon rooted in our communicative practices and shows that thinkingabout how testimony works as a source of beliefs actually gives us a handle onthe idea of knowledge itself. The book will be essential reading for anyoneinterested in epistemology the philosophy of language or the intersectionbetween the two. «