Epistemology : a guide / / John Turri

• Autore: Turri John
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Disciplina: 121
• Soggetto topico: Knowledge, Theory of
• Classificazione: 115; 121
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Epistemology: A Guide; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The best case for skepticism about the external world? (Stroud, "The Problem of the External World"); References; 2 Proving the external world exists (Or: Let's all give Moore a hand!) (Moore, "Proof of an External World"); 3 Some ways of resisting skepticism (Moore, "Four Forms of Scepticism"); 4 Plausibility and possibilities (Moore, "Certainty"); 5 Skeptic on skeptic (Klein, "How a Pyrrhonian Skeptic Might Respond to Academic Skepticism"); 6 Realism in epistemology (Williams, "Epistemological Realism") ; 7 Socratic questions and the foundation of empirical knowledge (Chisholm, "The Myth of the Given") 8-9 The foundation of empirical knowledge? (Sellars, "Does Empirical Knowledge Have a Foundation?" and "Epistemic Principles"); Reference; 10 It's not a given that empirical knowledge has a foundation (BonJour, "Can Empirical Knowledge Have a Foundation?"); 11 Interpretation, meaning and skepticism (Davidson, "A Coherence Theory of Truth and Knowledge"); Reference; 12 Blending foundationalism and coherentism (Haack, "A Foundherentist Theory of Epistemic Justification") ; 13 Foundationalism, coherentism and supervenience (Sosa, "The Raft and the Pyramid")References; 14 Infinitism (Klein, "Human Knowledge and the Infinite Regress of Reasons"); 15 The Gettier problem (Gettier, "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?"); References; 16 Some principles concerning knowledge and inference (Harman, Thought, Selections); Reference; 17 The essence of the Gettier problem (Zagzebski, "The Inescapability of Gettier Problems"); 18 Knowledge is an unanalyzable mental state (Williamson, "A State of Mind"); References ; 19 Closure, contrast and semi-skepticism (Dretske, "Epistemic Operators")Reference; 20 Closure, contrast and anti-skepticism (Stine, "Skepticism, Relevant Alternatives, and Deductive Closure"); 21 Keeping close track of knowledge (Nozick, "Knowledge and Skepticism"); Reference; 22 Moore wins (Sosa, "How to Defeat Opposition to Moore"); 23 The closure principle: dangers and defense (Vogel, "Are There Counter examples to the Closure Principle?"); Reference; 24 Evidentialist epistemology (Feldman and Conee, "Evidentialism"); Reference ; 25 Non-defensive epistemology (Foley, "Skepticism and Rationality") 26 Reliabilism about justification (Goldman, "What Is Justified Belief?"); 27 Reliabilism: a level assessment (Vogel, "Reliabilism Leveled"); 28 Against externalism (BonJour, "Externalist Theories of Empirical Knowledge"); 29 Against internalism (Goldman, "Internalism Exposed"); 30 A skeptical take on externalism (Fumerton, "Externalism and Skepticism"); 31 A friendly take on internalism (Feldman and Conee, "Internalism Defended"); 32 Warrant (Plantinga, "Warrant: A First Approximation"); Reference ; 33 Intellectual virtues (Zagzebski, Virtues of the Mind)
• Sommario/riassunto: Designed to accompany Epistemology: An Anthology or stand alone as a concise primer, this is a straightforward and accessible introduction to contemporary epistemology for those studying the topic for the first time.A step-by-step introduction to contemporary epistemology, with coverage of skepticism, epistemic justification, epistemic closure, virtue epistemology, naturalized epistemology, and more Explains the main arguments of the most influential publications from the last 50 years Contextualizes key concepts and themes, instead of treating them
• Titolo autorizzato: Epistemology
• ISBN: 1-118-69895-9; 1-118-69897-5; 1-4443-3369-0; 1-118-69896-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817360803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New York Academy of Sciences