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Knowledge, cause, and abstract objects : causal objections to Platonism

Title
Knowledge, cause, and abstract objects : causal objections to Platonism / by Colin Cheyne.
Author
Cheyne, Colin.
Publication
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©2001.

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Description
xvi, 236 pages; 25 cm.
Series Statement
The Western Ontario series in philosophy of science ; v. 67
Uniform Title
University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science ; v. 67.
Subject
  • Plato
  • Causation
  • Knowledge, Theory of
  • epistemology
  • Erkenntnistheorie
  • Platonismus
Note
  • New Zealand author.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-229) and index.
Contents
1. Platonism and Causality -- 2. Beliefs and Facts -- 3. Beliefs and Causes -- 4. The Case for a Causal Connection -- 5. Is a Causal Connection Necessary for Knowledge? -- 6. Other Theories of Knowledge -- 7. Existence Claims and Causality -- 8. The Burden of Proof -- 9. Platonic Knowledge by Intuition -- 10. Apriorism -- 11. Indispensability and Platonic Knowledge -- 12. Problems with Prolifigate Platonism -- App. I. Does Knowledge Require Belief? -- App. II. Can We Choose Our Beliefs?
ISBN
  • 1402000510
  • 9781402000515
LCCN
2001045959
OCLC
  • ocm47957561
  • 47957561
  • SCSB-1237210
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library