A BRIEF SURVEY OF RUSSELL’S NOTION OF ACQUAINTANCE

Authors

  • Luis Castro

Keywords:

Principle of Acquaintance, perception, knowledge, sensedata, physical object

Abstract

The aim of  this essay is to analyze the concept of  acquaintanceinthe philosophyof Bertrand Russell. First, Russell’s epistemologicalprogramand worksare presented ina generalmanner.Then,
theconceptof acquaintance is defined and characterized, as well as theso-called principle of  acquaintance. After that, acquaintance is placedin Russell’s epistemology as the core of  his theory of  knowledge. Finally,I will makesome critical remarks concerningtherole of acquaintancein Russell’sepistemologicalframework.

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Castro, L. (2019). A BRIEF SURVEY OF RUSSELL’S NOTION OF ACQUAINTANCE. Episteme NS, 38(1-2). Retrieved from https://saber.ucv.ve/ojs/index.php/rev_ens/article/view/16968

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Vol. 38 No. 1-2 (2018)

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