Knowledge underground: Gossipy epistemology

This dissertation is an attempt to loosen what I see as a chokehold by which two paramount assumptions constrict our epistemic endeavors. These Enlightenment assumptions--that we accept or refute ideas as true based on transparently clear and orderly methods and criteria, and that individuals accept...

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Main Author: Adkins, Karen C
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1996
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9709568