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Adaptive Knowing

Epistemology from a Realistic Standpoint

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  1. James K. Feibleman

    1. Tulane University, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Coping with Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Problem of Knowledge

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      Pages 3-18

    3. The Acquisition of Knowledge

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      Pages 19-48

    4. The Assimilation of Knowledge

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      Pages 49-81

    5. The Deployment of Knowledge

      • James K. Feibleman
      Pages 82-101

  3. Specific Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Knowing, Doing and Being

      • James K. Feibleman
      Pages 105-121

    3. Absent Objects

      • James K. Feibleman
      Pages 122-138

    4. The Mind-Body Problem

      • James K. Feibleman
      Pages 139-147

    5. The Knowledge of the Known

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      Pages 148-154

    6. The Subjectivity of a Realist

      • James K. Feibleman
      Pages 155-167

    7. Activity as a Source of Knowledge

      • James K. Feibleman
      Pages 168-180

    8. On Beliefs and Believing

      • James K. Feibleman
      Pages 181-197

    9. Adaptive Responses and the Ecosystem

      • James K. Feibleman
      Pages 198-225

    10. The Reality Game

      • James K. Feibleman
      Pages 226-237

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 238-243
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About this book

The acquisition of knowledge is not a single unrelated occasion but rather an adaptive process in which past acquisitions modify present and future ones. In Part I of this essay in epistemology it is argued that coping with knowledge is not a passive affair but dynamic and active, involving its continuance into the stages of assimilation and deployment. In Part II a number of specific issues are raised and discussed in order to explore the dimensions and the depths of the workings of adaptive knowing. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS "Activity as A Source of Knowledge" first appeared in Tulane Studies in Philosophy, XII, 1963; "Knowing, Doing and Being" in Ratio, VI, 1964; "On Beliefs and Believing" in Tulane Studies, XV, 1966; "Absent Objects" in Tulane Studies, XVII, 1968; "The Reality Game" in Tulane Studies, XVIII, 1969; "Adaptive Responses and The Ecosys­ tem" in Tulane Studies, XVIII, 1969; "The Mind-Body Problem" in the Philosophical Journal, VII, 1970; and "The Knowledge of The Known" in the International Logic Review, I, 1970. PART I COPING WITH KNOWLEDGE CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE I. THE CHOSEN APPROACH You are about to read a study of epistemology, one which has been made from a realistic standpoint. It is not the first of such interpre­ tations, and it will not be the last.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Tulane University, USA

    James K. Feibleman

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Adaptive Knowing

  • Book Subtitle: Epistemology from a Realistic Standpoint

  • Authors: James K. Feibleman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1032-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-247-1890-0Published: 31 January 1977

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1032-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 254

  • Topics: Epistemology

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