Axel Gelfert – författare

The epistemology of testimony is a rapidly developing area in contemporary analytic philosophy. In this first thorough survey of the recent debate on the subject, Axel Gelfert provides an in-depth introduction to what has become one of the liveliest debates in contemporary epistemology. Covering existing literature and major debates, A Critical Introduction to Testimony discusses the epistemic status of testimony-based beliefs, relates changes to relevant developments in other areas and offers a critical perspective on current and future research trends. Devoting space to both the applications of social epistemology and the larger conceptual issues of knowledge, Gelfert not only introduces the epistemology of testimony; he offers an up-to-date introduction to epistemology. Equipped with a mix of study questions, examples, and suggestions for further reading, students of contemporary epistemology will find this a reliable guide to studying testimony as a source of knowledge.

The epistemology of testimony is a rapidly developing area in contemporary analytic philosophy. In this first thorough survey of the recent debate on the subject, Axel Gelfert provides an in-depth introduction to what has become one of the liveliest debates in contemporary epistemology. Covering existing literature and major debates, A Critical Introduction to Testimony discusses the epistemic status of testimony-based beliefs, relates changes to relevant developments in other areas and offers a critical perspective on current and future research trends. Devoting space to both the applications of social epistemology and the larger conceptual issues of knowledge, Gelfert not only introduces the epistemology of testimony; he offers an up-to-date introduction to epistemology. Equipped with a mix of study questions, examples, and suggestions for further reading, students of contemporary epistemology will find this a reliable guide to studying testimony as a source of knowledge.

The epistemology of testimony is a rapidly developing area in contemporary analytic philosophy. In this first thorough survey of the recent debate on the subject, Axel Gelfert provides an in-depth introduction to what has become one of the liveliest debates in contemporary epistemology. Covering existing literature and major debates, A Critical Introduction to Testimony discusses the epistemic status of testimony-based beliefs, relates changes to relevant developments in other areas and offers a critical perspective on current and future research trends. Devoting space to both the applications of social epistemology and the larger conceptual issues of knowledge, Gelfert not only introduces the epistemology of testimony; he offers an up-to-date introduction to epistemology. Equipped with a mix of study questions, examples, and suggestions for further reading, students of contemporary epistemology will find this a reliable guide to studying testimony as a source of knowledge.

The epistemology of testimony is a rapidly developing area in contemporary analytic philosophy. In this first thorough survey of the recent debate on the subject, Axel Gelfert provides an in-depth introduction to what has become one of the liveliest debates in contemporary epistemology. Covering existing literature and major debates, A Critical Introduction to Testimony discusses the epistemic status of testimony-based beliefs, relates changes to relevant developments in other areas and offers a critical perspective on current and future research trends. Devoting space to both the applications of social epistemology and the larger conceptual issues of knowledge, Gelfert not only introduces the epistemology of testimony; he offers an up-to-date introduction to epistemology. Equipped with a mix of study questions, examples, and suggestions for further reading, students of contemporary epistemology will find this a reliable guide to studying testimony as a source of knowledge.

Taking scientific practice as its starting point, this book charts the complex territory of models used in science. It examines what scientific models are and what their function is. Reliance on models is pervasive in science, and scientists often need to construct models in order to explain or predict anything of interest at all. The diversity of kinds of models one finds in science – ranging from toy models and scale models to theoretical and mathematical models – has attracted attention not only from scientists, but also from philosophers, sociologists, and historians of science. This has given rise to a wide variety of case studies that look at the different uses to which models have been put in specific scientific contexts. By exploring current debates on the use and building of models via cutting-edge examples drawn from physics and biology, the book provides broad insight into the methodology of modelling in the natural sciences. It pairs specific arguments with introductory material relating to the ontology and the function of models, and provides some historical context to the debates as well as a sketch of general positions in the philosophy of scientific models in the process.

Taking scientific practice as its starting point, this book charts the complex territory of models used in science. It examines what scientific models are and what their function is. Reliance on models is pervasive in science, and scientists often need to construct models in order to explain or predict anything of interest at all. The diversity of kinds of models one finds in science – ranging from toy models and scale models to theoretical and mathematical models – has attracted attention not only from scientists, but also from philosophers, sociologists, and historians of science. This has given rise to a wide variety of case studies that look at the different uses to which models have been put in specific scientific contexts. By exploring current debates on the use and building of models via cutting-edge examples drawn from physics and biology, the book provides broad insight into the methodology of modelling in the natural sciences. It pairs specific arguments with introductory material relating to the ontology and the function of models, and provides some historical context to the debates as well as a sketch of general positions in the philosophy of scientific models in the process.

Durch den Fokus auf die epistemische Negativität kann Kants Transzendentalphilosophie noch einmal aus einem anderen Blickwinkel begriffen werden. Die Autor:innen leuchten in ihren Beiträgen wesentliche Facetten der komplexen Strukturen falschen Denkens aus und schaffen damit eine Grundlage, von der aus sich Negativität als erkenntnistheoretischer Grundzug von Kants Systematik verstehen lässt. Dabei widmen sich die Beiträge selten diskutierten Quellen, wie etwa Kants Inauguraldissertation, der Amphibolie der Reflexionsbegriffe, den handschriftlichen „Reflexionen“ und den Vorlesungsnachschriften, da Kant hier seine Theorien des Vorurteils, Irrtums und Scheins entwickelt. So eröffnet dieser Band einen sowohl historischen als auch systematischen Zugang zu Kants Theorie der epistemischen Negativität und lässt Kants „Revolution der Denkungsart“, die die Klassische Deutsche Philosophie einleitet, auch in Bezug zu Vorläufern und zu ihrem Nachwirken in einem neuen Licht erscheinen.

Durch den Fokus auf die epistemische Negativität kann Kants Transzendentalphilosophie noch einmal aus einem anderen Blickwinkel begriffen werden. Die Autor:innen leuchten in ihren Beiträgen wesentliche Facetten der komplexen Strukturen falschen Denkens aus und schaffen damit eine Grundlage, von der aus sich Negativität als erkenntnistheoretischer Grundzug von Kants Systematik verstehen lässt. Dabei widmen sich die Beiträge selten diskutierten Quellen, wie etwa Kants Inauguraldissertation, der Amphibolie der Reflexionsbegriffe, den handschriftlichen „Reflexionen“ und den Vorlesungsnachschriften, da Kant hier seine Theorien des Vorurteils, Irrtums und Scheins entwickelt. So eröffnet dieser Band einen sowohl historischen als auch systematischen Zugang zu Kants Theorie der epistemischen Negativität und lässt Kants „Revolution der Denkungsart“, die die Klassische Deutsche Philosophie einleitet, auch in Bezug zu Vorläufern und zu ihrem Nachwirken in einem neuen Licht erscheinen.