Epistemic Friction: An Essay on Knowledge, Truth, and Logic By Gila Sher
Epistemic Friction: An Essay on Knowledge, Truth, and Logic By Gila Sher Hardcover 0198768680 9780198768685 Epistemic Friction: An Essay on Knowledge, Truth, and Logic Gila Sher approaches knowledge from the perspective of the basic human epistemic situation the situation of limited yet resourceful beings, living in a complex world and aspiring to know it in its full complexity. What principles should guide them? Two fundamental principles of knowledge are epistemic friction and freedom. Knowledge must be substantially constrained by the world (friction), but without active participation of the knower in accessing the world (freedom) theoretical knowledge is impossible. This requires a grounding of all knowledge, empirical and abstract, in both mind and world, but the fall of traditional foundationalism has led many to doubt the viability of this classical project. Sher challenges this skepticism, charting a new foundational methodology, foundational holism, that differs from others in being holistic, world oriented, and universal (i.e., applicable to all fields of knowledge). Using this methodology, Epistemic Friction develops an integratedtheory of knowledge, truth, and logic. This includes (i) a dynamic model of knowledge, incorporating some of Quines revolutionary ideas while rejecting his narrow empiricism, (ii) a substantivist, non traditional correspondence theory of truth, and (iii) an outline of a joint grounding of logic in mind and world. The model of knowledge subjects all disciplines to demanding norms of both veridicality and conceptualization. The correspondence theory is robust and universal yet not simplistic or naive, admitting diverse forms of correspondence. Logics grounding in the world brings it in line with other disciplines while preserving, and explaining, its strong formality, necessity, generality, and normativity.
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Gila Sher approaches knowledge from the perspective of the basic human epistemic situation the situation of limited yet resourceful beings living in a complex world and aspiring to know it in its full complexity What principles should guide them Two fundamental principles of knowledge are epistemic friction and freedom Knowledge must be substantially constrained by the world friction but without active participation of the knower in accessing the world freedom theoretical knowledge is impossible This requires a grounding of all knowledge empirical and abstract in both mind and world but the fall of traditional foundationalism has led many to doubt the viability of this classical project Sher challenges this skepticism charting a new foundational methodology foundational holism that differs from others in being holistic world oriented and universal i.
Book Epistemic friction applicable to all fields of knowledge Using this methodology Epistemic Friction develops an integratedtheory of knowledge truth and logic This includes i a dynamic model of knowledge incorporating some of Quine s revolutionary ideas while rejecting his narrow empiricism ii a substantivist non traditional correspondence theory of truth and iii an outline of a joint grounding of logic in mind and world The model of knowledge subjects all disciplines to demanding norms of both veridicality and conceptualization The correspondence theory is robust and universal yet not simplistic or naive admitting diverse forms of correspondence Logic s grounding in the world brings it in line with other disciplines while preserving and explaining its strong formality necessity generality and normativity Epistemic Friction An Essay on Knowledge Truth and Logic
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