<P>For 2,000 years, the standard philosophical model of knowledge was that it could be defined as a justified true belief. According to this way of thinking, we can know, for example, that we are human because [1] we believe ourselves to be human; [2] that belief is justified (others treat us as humans, not as dogs); and [3] the belief is true. This definition, which dates to Plato, was challenged by Edmund Gettier in one of the most influential works of philosophy published in the last century ¿ a three page paper that produced two clear examples of justified true beliefs that could not, in fact, be considered knowledge. </P><P>Gettier''s achievement rests on solid foundations provided by his mastery of the critical thinking skill of analysis. By understanding the way in which Plato ¿ and every other epistemologist ¿ had built their arguments, he was able to identify the relationships between the parts, and the assumptions that underpinned then. That precise understanding was what Get
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In his widely praised <i>Warranted Christian Belief</i> (Oxford, 2000) Alvin Plantinga discussed in great depth and at great length the question of the rationality, or sensibility, of Christian belief. In this book Plantinga presents the same...
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Work analysis seeks to breakdown the work behaviors that people do and the characteristics of people who successfully perform the work, and then to reassemble the information in a form that has many uses in practice.
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In the two lecture courses featured in this volume, Rudolf Steiner presents a radical new paradigm. Tackling the central dilemma of modern civilization - the polarisation of science and spirituality - he seeks to broaden natural science through a comprehensive...
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<P>¿Reconstruction¿ is the name given to the period that, beginning shortly before the end of the American Civil War and running until 1877, saw the frustration of federal government''s attempts to integrate the newly freed slaves into...
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