Knowledge and the State of Nature: An Essay in Conceptual SynthesisIn this illuminating study Craig argues that the standard practice of analyzing the concept of knowledge has radical defects arbitrary restriction of the subject matter and risky theoretical presuppositions. He proposes a new approach similar to the state of nature method found in political theory, building the concept up from a hypothesis about its social function and the needs it fulfills. Shedding light on much that philosophers have written about