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9780415448390

Arguing about Knowledge

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415448390

  • ISBN10:

    0415448395

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-10-24
  • Publisher: Routledge

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What is knowledge? What are the sources of knowledge? What is the value of knowledge? What can we know? Arguing About Knowledgeoffers a fresh and engaging perspective on the theory of knowledge. This comprehensive and imaginative selection of readings examines the subject in an unorthodox and entertaining manner whilst covering the fundamentals of the theory of knowledge. It includes classic and contemporary pieces from the most influential philosophers from Descartes, Russell, Quine and G.E. Moore to Richard Feldman, Edward Craig, Gilbert Harman and Roderick Chisholm. In addition, students will find fascinating alternative pieces from literary and popular work such as Lewis Caroll, Jorges Luis Borges and Paul Boghossian. Each article selected is clear, interesting and free from unnecessary jargon. The editors provide lucid introductions to each section in which they give an overview of the debate and outline the arguments of the papers. Arguing About Knowledgeis an inventive and stimulating reader for students new to the theory of knowledge.

Table of Contents

Ackowledgementsp. x
General Introductionp. 1
What is knowledge?p. 3
Introduction to Part Onep. 5
The Right to be Surep. 11
Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?p. 14
Knowledge, Truth and Evidencep. 16
Knowledge and What We Would Believep. 22
What is the value of knowledge?p. 29
Introduction to Part Twop. 31
The Menop. 35
The Value of Knowledge Is External To Itp. 37
The Search for the Source of Epistemic Goodp. 55
The Value Problemp. 67
What evidence do we have?p. 75
Introduction to Part Threep. 77
"Appear," "Take," and "Evident"p. 83
Ultimate Evidencep. 90
Posits and Realityp. 96
Having Evidencep. 102
How should we distribute our confidence?p. 119
Introduction to Part Fourp. 121
Confidence and Probabilityp. 127
Self-Locating Belief and the Sleeping Beauty Problemp. 142
Getting the Goatp. 146
What is it to be justified in believing something?p. 149
Introduction to Part Fivep. 151
Reliabilism: What Is Justified Belief?p. 157
Evidentialismp. 174
An Internalist Externalismp. 192
What the Tortoise Said to Achillesp. 205
What is the structure of justification and knowledge?p. 209
Introduction to Part Sixp. 211
Can Empirical Knowledge Have a Foundation?p. 217
Toward a Defense of Empirical Foundationalismp. 233
Human Knowledge and the Infinite Regress of Reasonsp. 249
The Raft and the Pyramid: Coherence Versus Foundations in the Theory of Knowledgep. 273
What is the nature of the epistemic 'ought'?p. 293
Introduction to Part Sevenp. 295
The Ethics of Beliefp. 301
The Will to Believep. 306
Epistemic Termsp. 315
The Deontological Conception of Epistemic Justificationp. 324
Epistemic Justification and Normativityp. 351
A Contractarian Conception of Knowledgep. 361
What are the sources of knowledge?p. 373
Introduction to Part Eightp. 375
On Inductionp. 381
The Place of Testimony in the Fabric of Knowledge and Justificationp. 386
The A Priorip. 402
Perceptual Knowledgep. 412
What can we know?p. 429
Introduction to Part Ninep. 431
The Circular Ruinsp. 437
The Problem of the Criterionp. 441
Meditation Onep. 451
Descartes' Evil Geniusp. 455
Certaintyp. 462
An Argument for Skepticismp. 466
Elusive Knowledgep. 479
Is knowledge in the eye of the beholder?p. 497
Introduction to Part Tenp. 499
Right You Are (if You Think You Are)p. 503
Understanding a Primitive Societyp. 530
What the Sokal Hoax Ought to Teach Us: The Pernicious Consequences and Internal Contradictions of 'Postmodernist' Relativismp. 553
Why (Wittgensteinian) Contextualism is Not Relativismp. 561
Indexp. 579
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