Knowledge in a Social World by Alvin I. Goldman (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Knowledge in a Social World by Alvin I. Goldman Alvin Goldman explores new frontiers by creating a thoroughgoing social epistemology, moving beyond the traditional focus on solitary knowers, rescuing truth from fashionable assaults and demonstrating its importance to society. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Knowledge in a Social World offers a philosophy for the information age. Alvin Goldman explores new frontiers by creating a thoroughgoing social epistemology, moving beyond the traditional focus on solitary knowers. Social, cultural, and technological changes present new challenges to our ways of knowing and understanding, and philosophy must face these challenges. Against the tides of postmodernism and social constructionism Goldman defends theintegrity of truth and shows how to promote it by well-designed forms of social interaction. He urges that social discourse promises more than the mere politics of consensus, and that suitably norm-governed debate andbelief-revision can increase veridical knowledge. Goldmans aims are not just philosophical but practical. From science to education, from law to democracy, he shows why and how public institutions should seek knowledge-enhancing practices. He examines how cyberspace and other technologies expand the scope of communication, and warns of the need to safeguard content quality. He scrutinizes the free marketplace of ideas, the adversary system in the law, and mediacoverage of political campaigns. The result is a bold, timely, and systematic treatment of the philosophical foundations of an information society. Author Biography Alvin I. Goldman is one of the worlds foremost epistemologists; he is Regents Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona, and a Past President of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association. Table of Contents PART I: FOUNDATIONS; 1. Epistemology and postmodern resistance; 2. Truth; 3. The framework; PART II: GENERIC SOCIAL PRACTICES; 4. Testimony; 5. Argumentation; 6. The technology and economics of communication; 7. Speech regulation and the marketplace of ideas; PART III: SPECIAL DOMAINS; 8. Science; 9. Law; 10. Democracy; 11. Education; Bibliography; Index. Review `I recommend Chapter Three as a fine overview regarding current debates concerning truth, and Chapter Seven as an original criticism of an economic interpretation of the marketplace of ideas. Goldman is innovative also in his suggestions on testimonyMartin Kusch, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science`interesting and insightful ... offers a rich supply of insights into the veritistic properties of society.Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 79, no. 3`Once again, Goldman has done a huge job in collecting relevant information for his evaluative enterprise. ... Its lucid style makes it accessible to people without philosophical education.Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 79, no. 3`well constructed and well written ... The topic is worthy of attention and the ideas are provocative ... Goldman does raise interesting questions for assessing quality and utility in an era of information overload.Deborah Barreau, Jnl. Americ. Soc. for Inf. Science and Tech., 01/01/01.`one of the most recent contributions to the field, and a very welcome one too.Luciano Floridi, TLS, 28 Jan 2000.`Alvin Goldmans Knowledge in a Social World belongs to a sparse tradition in epistemology given to the epistemic evaluation of social institutions. Landmarks in this tradition include Bacons The Advancement of Learning, Lockes Some Thoughts Concerning Education, and Deweys Social Inquiry. Goldmans book is the equal of these influential volumes in breadth of vision, mastery of relevant contemporary thought, and practical utility, and surpasses them intheoretical depth. It is a work crafted with supreme philosophical skill.Frederick Schmitt, Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.`An important work of monumental scope. Its central concern is the ways in which social practices and familiar institutions contribute to and undermine the pursuit of knowledge. To that extent it reveals a sensitivity to the animating, if ultimately misdirected and misleading, insight of the postmodernists that we are socially situated beings; at the same time it brilliantly defends the idea that this fact about our situatedness does nothing to underminethe possibility of truth and objective knowlegde. This is a book of singular importance to lawyers, political theorists, social and natural scientists as well as to educators and theorists of education.It is a major contribution to all these fields and not just because of its insights into them, but for its accessibility to intelligent practitioners as well. It may well be the most significant interdisciplinary philosophy book of the decade.Jules Coleman, Professor of Jurisprudence, Yale Law School`Alvin Goldman, the premier epistemologist of the past two decades, has written a pioneering book that will define the field of social epistemology. Scholars will learn from his judicious and lucid proposals, and they will be wrestling for years with the exciting and important problems he raises.Philip Kitcher, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego Long Description Knowledge in a Social World offers a philosophy for the information age. Alvin Goldman explores new frontiers by creating a thoroughgoing social epistemology, moving beyond the traditional focus on solitary knowers. Social, cultural, and technological changes present new challenges to our ways of knowing and understanding, and philosophy must face these challenges. Against the tides of postmodernism and social constructionism Goldman defends theintegrity of truth and shows how to promote it by well-designed forms of social interaction. He urges that social discourse promises more than the mere politics of consensus, and that suitably norm-governed debate and belief-revision can increase veridical knowledge. Goldmans aims are not justphilosophical but practical. From science to education, from law to democracy, he shows why and how public institutions should seek knowledge-enhancing practices. He examines how cyberspace and other technologies expand the scope of communication, and warns of the need to safeguard content quality. He scrutinizes the free marketplace of ideas, the adversary system in the law, and media coverage of political campaigns. The result is a bold, timely, and systematic treatment of the philosophicalfoundations of an information society. Review Text `I recommend Chapter Three as a fine overview regarding current debates concerning truth, and Chapter Seven as an original criticism of an economic interpretation of the marketplace of ideas. Goldman is innovative also in his suggestions on testimonyMartin Kusch, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science`interesting and insightful ... offers a rich supply of insights into the veritistic properties of society.Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 79, no. 3`Once again, Goldman has done a huge job in collecting relevant information for his evaluative enterprise. ... Its lucid style makes it accessible to people without philosophical education.Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 79, no. 3`well constructed and well written ... The topic is worthy of attention and the ideas are provocative ... Goldman does raise interesting questions for assessing quality and utility in an era of information overload. Deborah Barreau, Jnl. Americ. Soc. for Inf. Science and Tech., 01/01/01.`one of the most recent contributions to the field, and a very welcome one too.Luciano Floridi, TLS, 28 Jan 2000.`Alvin Goldmans Knowledge in a Social World belongs to a sparse tradition in epistemology given to the epistemic evaluation of social institutions. Landmarks in this tradition include Bacons The Advancement of Learning, Lockes Some Thoughts Concerning Education, and Deweys Social Inquiry. Goldmans book is the equal of these influential volumes in breadth of vision, mastery of relevant contemporary thought, and practical utility, and surpasses them intheoretical depth. It is a work crafted with supreme philosophical skill.Frederick Schmitt, Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.`An important work of monumental scope. Its central concern is the ways in which social practices and familiar institutions contribute to and undermine the pursuit of knowledge. To that extent it reveals a sensitivity to the animating, if ultimately misdirected and misleading, insight of the postmodernists that we are socially situated beings; at the same time it brilliantly defends the idea that this fact about our situatedness does nothing to underminethe possibility of truth and objective knowlegde. This is a book of singular importance to lawyers, political theorists, social and natural scientists as well as to educators and theorists of education. It is a major contribution to all these fields and not just because of its insights into them, butfor its accessibility to intelligent practitioners as well. It may well be the most significant interdisciplinary philosophy book of the decade.Jules Coleman, Professor of Jurisprudence, Yale Law School`Alvin Goldman, the premier epistemologist of the past two decades, has written a pioneering book that will define the field of social epistemology. Scholars will learn from his judicious and lucid proposals, and they will be wrestling for years with the exciting and important problems he raises.Philip Kitcher, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego Review Quote well constructed and well written ... The topic is worthy of attention and the ideas are provocative ... Goldman does raise interesting questions for assessing quality and utility in an era of information overload. Deborah Barreau, Jnl. Americ. Soc. for Inf. Science and Tech., 01/01/01. Feature Defends the status of truth and objectivity against fashionable assaultsA powerful rebuff to postmodernism and relativism Details ISBN0198237774 Author Alvin I. Goldman Short Title KNOWLEDGE IN A SOCIAL WORLD Pages 424 Language English ISBN-10 0198237774 ISBN-13 9780198237778 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 1999 Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations bibliography, index, glossary Residence US Birth 1938 Affiliation Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey DOI 10.1604/9780198237778 UK Release Date 1999-01-14 AU Release Date 1999-01-14 NZ Release Date 1999-01-14 Publisher Oxford University Press Publication Date 1999-01-14 Alternative 9780198238201 DEWEY 301.01 Audience Professional & Vocational Imprint Oxford University Press We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:6836482;

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