Bøker av Keith Lehrer

Philosopher Keith Lehrer outlines a view of freedom of choice based on a Kahneman-derived distinction between what he calls a first order system that is intuitive and immediate, and a higher order system of response, which he calls a second system of scientific analysis. Lehrer argues that freedom of choice is an expression of attention to the higher order system, and that what is often called free will is often just doing what you desire, a response that neglects consideration of other options. Freedom of choice acknowledges those options, and preference among them forms in response to the acceptance of evidence. We might suppose that in responding to beliefs that one has attended to evidence, but that is a delusion, because our higher order acceptance of evidence can be overwhelmed by the fixation created by first level belief.

This work introduces students to the major traditional and contemporary accounts of knowing. Lehrer explores the conditions of truth, belief and justification, and examines foundationalism and modern coherence theories, the work of Platinga, contextualism and relabilist and causal theories.

An updated and re-written version of the author's "Knowledge", this study contains accounts of traditional, modern and contemporary theories of knowledge. This book has been specifically designed for students of philosophy and epistemology.