Socratic Epistemology: Explorations of Knowledge-Seeking by Questioning

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
References......Page 20
1. Knowledge and Decision-Making......Page 21
2. The Logic of Knowledge and Information......Page 24
3. Information Acquisition as a Questioning Procedure......Page 27
4. Interrogation and Justification......Page 29
5. The Generality of the Interrogative Model......Page 32
6. The Place of Knowledge in Inquiry......Page 34
7. Comparisons with Other Epistemologists......Page 38
9. Belief as a Product of Inquiry......Page 40
10. Repercussions for Other Approaches......Page 43
References......Page 45
2 Abduction—Inference, Conjecture, or an Answer to a Question?......Page 48
References......Page 68
1. The prima facie Conundrum of Epistemic Logic......Page 71
2. The Promises......Page 75
3. Promises Fulfilled by Means of the Notion of Independence......Page 84
References......Page 91
1. Presuppositions as a Crucial Limitation of Inquiry......Page 93
3. Availability of Answers......Page 96
4. Knowledge Statements......Page 97
5. Questions and Their Desiderata......Page 99
6. Presuppositions of Questions......Page 100
7. Presupposition-Free Questions?......Page 103
8. Socratic Questions......Page 105
10. Yes-No Questions and the Sub-Formula Requirement......Page 108
12. Presuppositions of Answers......Page 111
References......Page 116
1. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the a priori in Epistemology......Page 117
2. The Nature of Deductive Systematization......Page 118
3. Are Mathematical Objects Dispensable?......Page 121
4. Mathematical Knowledge in Knowledge Acquisition......Page 124
5. On the Logic of Questions and Answers......Page 125
6. The Conceptual Element in Conclusive Answers......Page 127
7. Experimental Questions......Page 129
8. Identification of Second-Order Entities and Essentialism......Page 131
9. The Nature of the Conclusiveness Conditions......Page 132
10. The Conceptual Component of Experimental Answers is Mathematical......Page 135
11. The Indispensability of Mathematics......Page 136
12. Knowing What a Mathematical Object Is......Page 138
13. On the Nature of Identification......Page 140
14. Identification of Functions and the History of Mathematics......Page 144
15. Experiments and the Problems of Induction......Page 145
16. Comparison Between Different Cases......Page 147
17. Approximating a Function-In-Extension Mathematically......Page 150
18. The Inseparability of Factual and Conceptual Knowledge......Page 151
References......Page 152
1. Introduction......Page 155
2. The “Where” and “What” Systems......Page 157
3. Two Systems and Behavior......Page 159
4. Two Kinds of Information?......Page 161
5. Epistemic Logic and Cross-Identification......Page 164
6. Formal Analysis Vindicated by Evidence......Page 165
7. Implications for Neuroscience......Page 167
References......Page 168
1. Deduction as Explanation......Page 171
2. The Structure of Explanation......Page 180
3. “How Possible” Explanations......Page 185
4. “How Possible” Explanations in Inquiry......Page 194
References......Page 197
8 Who Has Kidnapped the Notion of Information?......Page 199
References......Page 216
9 A Fallacious Fallacy?......Page 221
References......Page 230
10 Omitting Data—Ethical or Strategic Problem?......Page 231
References......Page 237
Index......Page 239