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The Possibility of Knowledge
Author(s) -
STROUD BARRY
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
philosophy and phenomenological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1933-1592
pISSN - 0031-8205
DOI - 10.1111/j.1933-1592.2008.00203.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , library science
Some of the most challenging philosophical questions about human knowledge take the form of asking how knowledge of a certain kind is possible. Even when they are not explicitly expressed in those words, what lies behind such philosophical questions are certain considerations that seem to imply that it is not possible for anyone to have any knowledge of the kind in question. Quassim Cassam focusses on the role of such "obstacles" and on what needs to be done in the face of