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(2010) Advancing phenomenology, Dordrecht, Springer.
In this chapter I will address the issue of the conception of epistemology. As it might appear to one at first, this issue does not belong to the epistemological problematic, because it does not fit into the typical preconceived network of most epistemological problems. In most general form, epistemological questions address the origin, certainty, and extent of human knowledge, specifically the origin of ideas and notions (Locke, Hume, etc.). Linguistic philosophers consider the basic task of epistemology to consist in offering a correct analysis of the word "knowledge," or as offering standard for anyone to apply the word "know" to any subject. Differently put, epistemological questions are semantic and pragmatic problems. In their more particular form, questions about specific kinds of knowledge are also formulated, and very different answers are offered. Problems concerning perceptual knowledge, logical and mathematical knowledge, knowledge of external world and other minds, etc., belong to this latter category. The problems of justification and the possibility of skepticism occur at both levels. And they are also considered as epistemological problems proper.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9286-1_8
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Li, Z. (2010)., Toward a Husserlian conception of epistemology, in T. Nenon & P. Blosser (eds.), Advancing phenomenology, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 119-128.
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