Two concepts of knowing

Guido Küng

pp. 3-10

in: Ioanna Kuuradi, Robert S. Cohen (eds), The concept of knowledge, Berlin, Springer, 1995

Abstract

In this century a very important change has taken place in epistemology, namely a change from the classical Cartesian to a contemporary common sense concept of knowledge. This change constitutes one of the main differences between two distinct periods: modern philosophy and contemporary philosophy.