Knowledge and Politics: Case Studies in the Relationship Between Epistemology and Political Philosophy

Boulder, CO, etc.,: Westview Press,, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. vii, 375 pp. Tables, index; text clean, unmarked. Blue cloth, spine titled in black, dust-jacket; binding square and tight, paper clip mark on front free end-paper, jacket toned, else a fine, unread copy. This book brings together an international group of philosophers and political scientists who contributed 14 essays in 7 sections to address the question of how theories of knowledge constrain or determine reasonable political principles or plausible methods for justifying political principles by exploring the thought of important thinkers, past and present. Richard Popkin's Contributor's Copy, includes his essay "Condorcet's Epistemology and His Politics," and thirteen other essays. (Inventory #: RP479-503)