TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coffey Peter 
TI  - Epistemology, or the Theory of Knowledge
SN  - 9789355281173
U1  - 121 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Chennai
PB  - Maven books
KW  - Epistemology
KW  - Methodic Doubt
KW  - Skepticism
KW  - Certitude & Conviction
KW  - A Priori Knowledge
N1  - Introduction
Problems raised by reflective thought
Epistemology defined: a distinct discipline from metaphysics
Part I: Foundations of Belief
Doubt, Opinion, Conviction, Certitude
Truth, Error, Ignorance
Irresistible Certitude vs Freely Formed Convictions
Role of intellectual and moral discipline
Part II: Method and Skepticism
Subject and object of knowledge
Limits and legitimate use of methodic doubt (e.g., Descartes)
Critique of skepticism; subjective necessity & test of inconceivability
Part III: Kant and A Priori Knowledge
General outline and critique of Kant’s theory of knowledge
A priori synthesis: singular judgments, grades of necessity
Scholastic account of universals, abstraction, moderate realism
Examination of causal/nexus concepts
N2  - Peter Coffey’s Epistemology (Vol. 1) is a scholastic philosophical text that systematically explores how humans come to know. It opens with core epistemic concepts—like doubt and certitude—and examines the interplay of intellectual discipline and moral judgment in belief formation.
Coffey scrutinizes methodological skepticism (especially Cartesian doubt), arguing against radical skepticism and defending a moderate realist stance: knowledge reflects real objects, mediated through the mind’s active conceptual faculties.
A substantial portion critically examines Kant’s epistemology. Coffey evaluates Kant’s views on a priori judgments, universal concepts, abstraction, and causal necessitation, contrasting them with Scholastic realism
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