How Long to Read Fear of Knowledge

How Long Does it Take to Read Fear of Knowledge?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 40 minutes to read Fear of Knowledge by Paul Boghossian

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The academic world has been plagued in recent years by scepticism about truth and knowledge. Paul Boghossian, in his long-awaited first book, sweeps away relativist claims that there is no such thing as objective truth or knowledge, but only truth or knowledge from a particular perspective. He demonstrates clearly that such claims don't even make sense. Boghossian focuses on three different ways of reading the claim that knowledge is socially constructed - one as a thesis about truth and two about justification. And he rejects all three. The intuitive, common-sense view is that there is a way things are that is independent of human opinion, and that we are capable of arriving at belief about how things are that is objectively reasonable, binding on anyone capable of appreciating the relevant evidence regardless of their social or cultural perspective. Difficult as these notions may be, it is a mistake to think that recent philosophy has uncovered powerful reasons for rejecting them. This short, lucid, witty book shows that philosophy provides rock-solid support for common sense against the relativists; it will prove provocative reading throughout the discipline and beyond.

How long is Fear of Knowledge?

Fear of Knowledge by Paul Boghossian is 160 pages long, and a total of 40,000 words.

This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Fear of Knowledge Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read Fear of Knowledge aloud.

What Reading Level is Fear of Knowledge?

Fear of Knowledge is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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