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Knowledge, Reality, and Value

Disciplines:
philosophy
epistemology

Summary

Michael Huemer's introductory philosophy textbook covering epistemology, metaphysics, and value theory — praised for exceptional clarity.

Core Contribution

A rigorous yet accessible introduction to philosophy's three main areas: what can we know (epistemology), what exists (metaphysics), and what has value (value theory). Huemer's prose style — models of clarity in the analytic tradition — makes it a pedagogically superior alternative to standard introductory texts. Represents Huemer's view that philosophy can and should be done clearly, without obscurantism.

Historical Influences

G.E. Moore Bertrand Russell

Intellectual Lineage

Analytic Philosophy Academic Philosophy

Allied Works

The Problem of Political Authority Ethical Intuitionism

Contemporaries & Peers

Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy

Minds Influenced

Philosophy Education Rationalist Community

Intellectual Posterity

Philosophy Education

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