ABSTRACT

This comprehensive anthology draws together classic and contemporary readings by leading philosophers on epistemology. Ideal for any philosophy student, it will prove essential reading for epistemology courses, and is designed to complement Robert Audi's textbook Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 1998).
Themes covered include, perception, memory, inductive inference, reason and the a priori, the architecture of knowledge, skepticism, the analysis of knowledge, testimony. Each section begins with an introductory essay, guiding students into the topic.
Includes articles by:
Russell, Hume, Berkeley, Malcolm, Quine, Carnap, J.L. Austin, Pollock, Nozick, Putnam, G.E. Moore, Huemer, Reid, Plato, BonJour, Coady, Carroll, Fumerton, Edwards, Foster, Howson, Urbach, Stove, Empiricus, Oakley, Alston, Gettier, Clark, Goldman, Lehrer, Paxson, DeRose, Dretske, Klein and Chisholm

part |2 pages

PART I : SOURCES OF JUSTIFICATION AND KNOWLEDGE

chapter 1|58 pages

PERCEPTION

chapter 2|40 pages

MEMORY 88

chapter 3|92 pages

REASON AND THE A PRIORI 131

chapter 4|34 pages

TESTIMONY

part |2 pages

PART I I: THE STRUCTURE AND GROWTH OF JUSTIFICATION AND KNOWLEDGE

chapter 5|40 pages

INFERENCE IN GENERAL

chapter 6|76 pages

INDUCTIVE INFERENCE

chapter 7|64 pages

THE ARCHITECTURE OF KNOWLEDGE

part |2 pages

PART III: THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF JUSTIFICATION AND KNOWLEDGE

chapter 8|72 pages

THE ANALYSIS OF “KNOWLEDGE”

chapter 9|106 pages

SKEPTICISM