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An Introduction to Historical Epistemology: The Authority of Knowledge
An Introduction to Historical Epistemology The Authority of Knowledge
Author: Mary Tiles, Jim Tiles
This book introduces the issues of epistemology in their historical complexity by examining Francis Bacon's catalogue of the false sources of epistemic authority, the four idols. Successive chapters relate knowledge to language (idols of the market), speculation (idols of the theatre), perception (idols of the tribe) and social formations (idols...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780631175148
ISBN-10: 0631175148
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Blackwell Pub
Book Type: Hardcover
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