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An Introduction to Metaphysics of Knowledge - by Yves R Simon (Paperback)

An Introduction to Metaphysics of Knowledge - by  Yves R Simon (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The present volume is the product of several years of collaboration at a distance between two people who both knew Yres R. Simon personally and admired his work. The question raised by Simon more than half a century ago, when this book was first published, are still with us: What is the nature of knowledge? What kind of activity is it to know? What is involved in the development of human knowledge? If one had to describe Simon's accomplishment by reducing it to a single point, what he succeeded in showing was that an ontology of knowledge based on common experience disproves all idealism and leads to realism by strictest necessity.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>The present volume is the product of several years of collaboration at a distance between two people who both knew Yres R. Simon personally and admired his work. The question raised by Simon more than half a century ago, when this book was first published, are still with us: What is the nature of knowledge? What kind of activity is it to know? What is involved in the development of human knowledge? If one had to describe Simon's accomplishment by reducing it to a single point, what he succeeded in showing was that an ontology of knowledge based on common experience disproves all idealism and leads to realism by strictest necessity.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A must-have book for any student of epistemology and the foundations of knowledge.-- "--The Thomist"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Yves R. Simon is author of several books, including<i> The Definition of Moral Virtue </i>and <i>The Tradition of Natural Law </i>available from Fordham University Press.

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