Category Archives: Epistemology

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 3: ‘Fog Over Channel, Continent Isolated’: Epistemology in the ‘Two Traditions’ – Section IV, Part 2-Section V. Derrida.Section IV, Part 2 “There is plentiful evidence in the writings of … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 3: ‘Fog Over Channel, Continent Isolated’: Epistemology in the ‘Two Traditions’ – Section IV. Part 1: Bachelard. The shifting pattern of response is not “restricted to the work of … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 3: ‘Fog Over Channel, Continent Isolated’: Epistemology in the ‘Two Traditions’ – Section IIIPost-Kantian developments, like non-Euclidean geometries and a relativistic conception of space-time, had a lot to do … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 3: ‘Fog Over Channel, Continent Isolated’: Epistemology in the ‘Two Traditions’ – Section II. Part 2: Koyré (Norris does not split the section into parts.) Alexandre Koyré also transcends … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 3: ‘Fog Over Channel, Continent Isolated’: Epistemology in the ‘Two Traditions’ – Section II. Part 1: Duhem (this will be followed by Part 2: Koyré, though Norris didn’t split … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 3: ‘Fog Over Channel, Continent Isolated’: Epistemology in the ‘Two Traditions’ – Section I.That’s a funny title (said to be an old headline)-since the island is usually what would … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 2: Realism, Reference and Possible Worlds – Section IV.Realism: “the claim that there exists a real-world domain of physical objects, events, structures, properties, causal powers and so forth which … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 2: Realism, Reference and Possible Worlds – Section III.A lingering question left from the last section-what IS the difference between the reality of David Lewis’ possible worlds, and Thomas … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 2: Realism, Reference and Possible Worlds – Section II.So, “the Kripkean treatment of issues in modal logic” is a main source for a revival of causal realism: “the claim … Continue reading →