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Jul 2010
ISBN 0262014084
368 pp.
18 illus.
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Knowledge and Skepticism
Joseph Keim Campbell , Michael O'Rourke and Harry S. Silverstein

There are two main questions in epistemology: What is knowledge? And: Do we have any of it? The first question asks after the nature of a concept; the second involves grappling with the skeptic, who believes that no one knows anything. This collection of original essays addresses the themes of knowledge and skepticism, offering both contemporary epistemological analysis and historical perspectives from leading philosophers and rising scholars. Contributors first consider knowledge: the intrinsic nature of knowledge - in particular, aspects of what distinguishes knowledge from true belief; the extrinsic examination of knowledge, focusing on contextualist accounts; and types of knowledge, specifically perceptual, introspective, and rational knowledge. The final chapters offer various perspectives on skepticism. Knowledge and Skepticism provides an eclectic yet coherent set of essays by distinguished scholars and important new voices. The cutting-edge nature of its contributions and its interdisciplinary character make it a valuable resource for a wide audience - for philosophers of language as well as for epistemologists, and for psychologists, decision theorists, historians, and students at both the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels.

Table of Contents
 Table of Contents
 Acknowledgments
 Introduction: Framing Knowledge and Skepticism
by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, and Harry S. Silverstein
 Knowledge
1 Knowledge and Conclusive Evidence
by David Hemp
2 Theorizing Justification
by Peter J. Graham
3 Truth Tracking and the Problem of Reflective Knowledge
by Joe Salerno
4 Contextualism, Skepticism, and Warranted Assertibility Maneuvers
by Duncan Pritchard
5 Knowledge In and Out of Context
by Kent Bach
6 Contextualism in Epistemology and the Context-Sensitivity of 'Knows'
by Robert J. Stainton
7 Locke's Account of Sensitive Knowledge
by George Pappas
8 Revelations: On What Is Manifest in Visual Experience
by Joseph T. Tolliver
9 Knowing It Hurts
by Fred Dretske
10 Reasoning Defeasibly about Probabilities
by John L. Pollock
 Skepticism
11 Anti-Individualism, Self-Knowledge, and Why Skepticism Cannot Be Cartesian
by Leora Weitzman
12 Is There a Reason for Skepticism?
by Joseph Cruz
13 Skepticism Aside
by Catherine Z. Elgin
14 Hume's Skeptical Naturalism
by Peter S. Fosl
 Contributors
 Index
 Index
 
 


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