Knowledge before belief in the history of philosophy

I add support to Phillips et al.'s thesis that representations of knowledge are more basic than representations of belief through a historical account of the development of philosophical theories of knowledge and belief. On the basis of Aristotle's criticisms of his Presocratic predecessor...

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Published inThe Behavioral and brain sciences Vol. 44; p. e162
Main Author Moss, Jessica
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 19.11.2021
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Cognition & reasoning
Epistemology
Historical account
Humans
Knowledge
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Philosophy
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Summary:I add support to Phillips et al.'s thesis that representations of knowledge are more basic than representations of belief through a historical account of the development of philosophical theories of knowledge and belief. On the basis of Aristotle's criticisms of his Presocratic predecessors, I argue that Western philosophy developed theories of knowledge long before it developed theories of belief.
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ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X20001612