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Of Men and Manners: Essays Historical and Philosophical

Anthony Quinton and Anthony Kenny

Print publication date: 2011

Print ISBN-13: 9780199694556

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2012

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199694556.001.0001

The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Epistemology

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(p. 153 ) 15 The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Epistemology
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Of Men and Manners
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Anthony Quinton

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199694556.003.0015

This chapter argues that the theory of knowledge has had a long and distinguished career. In Britain, it has been the central philosophical discipline since Locke, apart from a short interruption in the late nineteenth century and from its demotion to a subordinate role since about 1960. It does not deserve this subordination; there are signs that it is still alive and well and that it has recently developed in a socially valuable way.

Keywords:   Locke, epistemology, theory of knowledge

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