Epistemology The Big Questions

Name: Epistemology The Big Questions
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ISBN: 9780631205807

ISBN-10: 0631205802

ISBN-13: 9780631205807

Edition: 1998

Authors: Linda Martï¿½n Alcoff, Linda Martï¿½n Alcoff

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As well as including the classic papers from the history of epistemology, this anthology provides coverage of key contemporary challenges to that tradition. It includes debates over internalism and externalism, and foundationalism.

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List price: $75.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/16/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 1.35" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



What is Knowledge?



Introduction



Meditations




On Certainty




The Right to be Sure




Epistemology's End



Further Reading



How Are Beliefs Justified?



Introduction



Internalism and Externalism in Epistemology




The General Conditions of Knowledge: Justification




What is Justified Belief?




Contextualism and Knowledge Attributions




Taking Subjectivity into Account: Lorraine Code



The Practices of Justification: Alessandra Tanesini


Further Reading



What is the Structure of Knowledge?



Introduction



The Myth of the Given: Roderick Chisholm



The Raft and the Pyramid: Ernest Sosa



The Elements of Coherentism: Laurence BonJour



The Hermeneutic Code: Hans-Georg Gadamer


Further Reading



What is Naturalized Epistemology?



Introduction



Epistemology Naturalized: W. V. O. Quine



What is 'Naturalized Epistemology? Jaegwon Kim



Putting Naturalized Epistemology to Work: Phyllis Rooney


Further Reading



What is Truth?



Introduction



The Minimal Theory: Paul Horwich



Language, Truth and Reason: Ian Hacking



Pragmatism, Relativism, Irrationalism: Richard Rorty


Further Reading



What if We Don't Know Anything At All?



Introduction



Cartesian Scepticism and Inference to the Best Explanation: Jonathan Vogel



Skepticism and the Possibility of Knowledge: Barry Stroud



Othello's Doubt Desdemona's Death: The Engendering of Scepticism: Naomi Scheman


Further Reading



How is Epistemology Political?



Introduction



The 'Maleness' of Reason: Genevieve Lloyd



Alternative Epistemologies: Charles W. Mills



Idols of the Cave: Mary Tiles and Jim Tiles


Index