Soochow University Lectures in Philosophy⁴

Chienkuo Mi, Series Editor

The Soochow University Lectures in Philosophy are given annually at Soochow University in Taiwan by leading international figures in contemporary analytic philosophy.

The Two Greatest Ideas: How Our Grasp of the Universe and Our Minds Changed Everything Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski
This book is a breathtaking examination of the two greatest ideas in human history. The first is the idea that the human mind can grasp the universe. The second is the idea that the human mind can grasp itself. Acclaimed philosopher...
Epistemic Angst: Radical Skepticism and the Groundlessness of Our Believing Duncan Pritchard
Epistemic Angst offers a completely new solution to the ancient philosophical problem of radical skepticism—the challenge of explaining how it is possible to have knowledge of a world external to us.

Duncan Pritchard argues that the...
What Is Meaning? Scott Soames
The tradition descending from Frege and Russell has typically treated theories of meaning either as theories of meanings (propositions expressed), or as theories of truth conditions. However, propositions of the classical sort don't...
Knowing Full Well Ernest Sosa
In this book, Ernest Sosa explains the nature of knowledge through an approach originated by him years ago, known as virtue epistemology. Here he provides the first comprehensive account of his views on epistemic normativity as a form...