Introduction to the Study of the History of Epistemology

The text is structured in chronological and ideological order and presents nine basic types of the classical perception of the problem of knowledge through an analysis of the atomistic theory of perception, Platonism, Aristotle's doctrine, scepticism, rationalism, sensualism, Kant's theory, phenomenological-existential, pragmatic, and (post) analytical perceptions. The proposed work aspires to be an introduction (not a complete presentation, neither in the number of types, nor in a full interpretation) and a basis for the reader's interpretations which is reflected in the structure of the text.

Andrej Démuth is a Professor of philosophy at the Trnava University. His research focuses on modern philosophy, epistemology and cognitive studies.

Contents: Democritus theory of knowledge - Platonic approach - Aristotelian theory - Scepticism - Rationalistic epistemology - Epistemology of british sensualism - Kant's theory of knowledge - Phenomenology and Existential-Hermeneutical Analysis of Knowledge - Hermeneutical analysis of knowledge - Pragmatic approach to knowledge - Analytical and post-analytical epistemology.