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What Is This Thing Called Knowledge?

By: Material type: TextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2013Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781134573677
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Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the third edition -- How to use this book -- PART I: WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE? -- 1 Some preliminaries -- TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE -- TWO BASIC REQUIREMENTS ON KNOWLEDGE: TRUTH AND BELIEF -- KNOWING VERSUS MERELY 'GETTING IT RIGHT' -- A BRIEF REMARK ON TRUTH -- 2 The value of knowledge -- WHY CARE ABOUT KNOWLEDGE? -- THE INSTRUMENTAL VALUE OF TRUE BELIEF -- THE VALUE OF KNOWLEDGE -- THE STATUES OF DAEDALUS -- IS SOME KNOWLEDGE NON-INSTRUMENTALLY VALUABLE? -- 3 Defining knowledge -- THE PROBLEM OF THE CRITERION -- METHODISM AND PARTICULARISM -- KNOWLEDGE AS JUSTIFIED TRUE BELIEF -- GETTIER CASES -- RESPONDING TO THE GETTIER CASES -- BACK TO THE PROBLEM OF THE CRITERION -- 4 The structure of knowledge -- KNOWLEDGE AND JUSTIFICATION -- THE ENIGMATIC NATURE OF JUSTIFICATION -- AGRIPPA'S TRILEMMA -- INFINITISM -- COHERENTISM -- FOUNDATIONALISM -- 5 Rationality -- RATIONALITY, JUSTIFICATION, AND KNOWLEDGE -- EPISTEMIC RATIONALITY AND THE GOAL OF TRUTH -- THE GOAL(S) OF EPISTEMIC RATIONALITY -- THE (UN)IMPORTANCE OF EPISTEMIC RATIONALITY -- RATIONALITY AND RESPONSIBILITY -- EPISTEMIC INTERNALISM/EXTERNALISM -- 6 Virtues and faculties -- RELIABILISM -- A 'GETTIER' PROBLEM FOR RELIABILISM -- VIRTUE EPISTEMOLOGY -- VIRTUE EPISTEMOLOGY AND THE EXTERNALISM/INTERNALISM DISTINCTION -- PART II: WHERE DOES KNOWLEDGE COME FROM? -- 7 Perception -- THE PROBLEM OF PERCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE -- INDIRECT REALISM -- IDEALISM -- TRANSCENDENTAL IDEALISM -- DIRECT REALISM -- 8 Testimony and memory -- THE PROBLEM OF TESTIMONIAL KNOWLEDGE -- REDUCTIONISM -- CREDULISM -- THE PROBLEM OF MEMORIAL KNOWLEDGE -- 9 A priority and inference -- A PRIORI AND EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE -- THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF A PRIORI AND EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE -- INTROSPECTIVE KNOWLEDGE -- DEDUCTION -- INDUCTION -- ABDUCTION.
10 The problem of induction -- THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION -- RESPONDING TO THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION -- LIVING WITH THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION I: FALSIFICATION -- LIVING WITH THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION II: PRAGMATISM -- PART III: WHAT KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE ARE THERE? -- 11 Scientific knowledge -- WHAT IS SCIENCE? -- SCIENCE VERSUS PSEUDO-SCIENCE -- THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- 12 Religious knowledge -- IS THERE ANY RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE? -- THE EVIDENTIALIST CHALLENGE TO RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE -- NATURAL THEOLOGY -- FIDEISM -- REFORMED EPISTEMOLOGY -- 13 Moral knowledge -- THE PROBLEM OF MORAL KNOWLEDGE -- SCEPTICISM ABOUT MORAL FACTS -- SCEPTICISM ABOUT MORAL KNOWLEDGE -- THE NATURE OF MORAL KNOWLEDGE I: CLASSICAL FOUNDATIONALISM -- THE NATURE OF MORAL KNOWLEDGE II: ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTIONS -- PART IV: DO WE KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL? -- 14 Scepticism about other minds -- THE PROBLEM OF OTHER MINDS -- THE ARGUMENT FROM ANALOGY -- A PROBLEM FOR THE ARGUMENT FROM ANALOGY -- TWO VERSIONS OF THE PROBLEM OF OTHER MINDS -- PERCEIVING SOMEONE ELSE'S MIND -- 15 Radical scepticism -- THE RADICAL SCEPTICAL PARADOX -- SCEPTICISM AND CLOSURE -- MOOREANISM -- CONTEXTUALISM -- 16 Truth and objectivity -- OBJECTIVITY, ANTI-REALISM, AND SCEPTICISM -- TRUTH AS THE GOAL OF INQUIRY -- AUTHENTICITY AND THE VALUE OF TRUTH -- RELATIVISM -- General further reading -- Glossary of terms -- Glossary of key examples -- Index.
Summary: What is knowledge? Where does it come from? What kinds of knowledge are there? Can we know anything at all? This lucid and engaging introduction grapples with these central questions in the theory of knowledge, offering a clear, non-partisan view of the main themes of epistemology. Both traditional issues and contemporary ideas are discussed in sixteen easily digestible chapters, each of which conclude with a useful summary of the main ideas discussed, study questions, annotated further reading and a guide to internet resources. Each chapter also features text boxes providing bite-sized summaries of key concepts and major philosophers, and clear and interesting examples are used throughout. The book concludes with an annotated guide to general introductions to epistemology, a glossary of key terms, and a summary of the main examples used in epistemology, This an ideal first textbook in the theory of knowledge for undergraduates coming to philosophy for the first time. The third edition has been revised and updated throughout and features two new chapters, on religious knowledge and scientific knowledge, as part of a whole new section on what kinds of knowledge there are. In addition, the text as a whole has been refreshed to keep it up to date with current developments.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the third edition -- How to use this book -- PART I: WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE? -- 1 Some preliminaries -- TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE -- TWO BASIC REQUIREMENTS ON KNOWLEDGE: TRUTH AND BELIEF -- KNOWING VERSUS MERELY 'GETTING IT RIGHT' -- A BRIEF REMARK ON TRUTH -- 2 The value of knowledge -- WHY CARE ABOUT KNOWLEDGE? -- THE INSTRUMENTAL VALUE OF TRUE BELIEF -- THE VALUE OF KNOWLEDGE -- THE STATUES OF DAEDALUS -- IS SOME KNOWLEDGE NON-INSTRUMENTALLY VALUABLE? -- 3 Defining knowledge -- THE PROBLEM OF THE CRITERION -- METHODISM AND PARTICULARISM -- KNOWLEDGE AS JUSTIFIED TRUE BELIEF -- GETTIER CASES -- RESPONDING TO THE GETTIER CASES -- BACK TO THE PROBLEM OF THE CRITERION -- 4 The structure of knowledge -- KNOWLEDGE AND JUSTIFICATION -- THE ENIGMATIC NATURE OF JUSTIFICATION -- AGRIPPA'S TRILEMMA -- INFINITISM -- COHERENTISM -- FOUNDATIONALISM -- 5 Rationality -- RATIONALITY, JUSTIFICATION, AND KNOWLEDGE -- EPISTEMIC RATIONALITY AND THE GOAL OF TRUTH -- THE GOAL(S) OF EPISTEMIC RATIONALITY -- THE (UN)IMPORTANCE OF EPISTEMIC RATIONALITY -- RATIONALITY AND RESPONSIBILITY -- EPISTEMIC INTERNALISM/EXTERNALISM -- 6 Virtues and faculties -- RELIABILISM -- A 'GETTIER' PROBLEM FOR RELIABILISM -- VIRTUE EPISTEMOLOGY -- VIRTUE EPISTEMOLOGY AND THE EXTERNALISM/INTERNALISM DISTINCTION -- PART II: WHERE DOES KNOWLEDGE COME FROM? -- 7 Perception -- THE PROBLEM OF PERCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE -- INDIRECT REALISM -- IDEALISM -- TRANSCENDENTAL IDEALISM -- DIRECT REALISM -- 8 Testimony and memory -- THE PROBLEM OF TESTIMONIAL KNOWLEDGE -- REDUCTIONISM -- CREDULISM -- THE PROBLEM OF MEMORIAL KNOWLEDGE -- 9 A priority and inference -- A PRIORI AND EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE -- THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF A PRIORI AND EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE -- INTROSPECTIVE KNOWLEDGE -- DEDUCTION -- INDUCTION -- ABDUCTION.

10 The problem of induction -- THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION -- RESPONDING TO THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION -- LIVING WITH THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION I: FALSIFICATION -- LIVING WITH THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION II: PRAGMATISM -- PART III: WHAT KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE ARE THERE? -- 11 Scientific knowledge -- WHAT IS SCIENCE? -- SCIENCE VERSUS PSEUDO-SCIENCE -- THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- 12 Religious knowledge -- IS THERE ANY RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE? -- THE EVIDENTIALIST CHALLENGE TO RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE -- NATURAL THEOLOGY -- FIDEISM -- REFORMED EPISTEMOLOGY -- 13 Moral knowledge -- THE PROBLEM OF MORAL KNOWLEDGE -- SCEPTICISM ABOUT MORAL FACTS -- SCEPTICISM ABOUT MORAL KNOWLEDGE -- THE NATURE OF MORAL KNOWLEDGE I: CLASSICAL FOUNDATIONALISM -- THE NATURE OF MORAL KNOWLEDGE II: ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTIONS -- PART IV: DO WE KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL? -- 14 Scepticism about other minds -- THE PROBLEM OF OTHER MINDS -- THE ARGUMENT FROM ANALOGY -- A PROBLEM FOR THE ARGUMENT FROM ANALOGY -- TWO VERSIONS OF THE PROBLEM OF OTHER MINDS -- PERCEIVING SOMEONE ELSE'S MIND -- 15 Radical scepticism -- THE RADICAL SCEPTICAL PARADOX -- SCEPTICISM AND CLOSURE -- MOOREANISM -- CONTEXTUALISM -- 16 Truth and objectivity -- OBJECTIVITY, ANTI-REALISM, AND SCEPTICISM -- TRUTH AS THE GOAL OF INQUIRY -- AUTHENTICITY AND THE VALUE OF TRUTH -- RELATIVISM -- General further reading -- Glossary of terms -- Glossary of key examples -- Index.

What is knowledge? Where does it come from? What kinds of knowledge are there? Can we know anything at all? This lucid and engaging introduction grapples with these central questions in the theory of knowledge, offering a clear, non-partisan view of the main themes of epistemology. Both traditional issues and contemporary ideas are discussed in sixteen easily digestible chapters, each of which conclude with a useful summary of the main ideas discussed, study questions, annotated further reading and a guide to internet resources. Each chapter also features text boxes providing bite-sized summaries of key concepts and major philosophers, and clear and interesting examples are used throughout. The book concludes with an annotated guide to general introductions to epistemology, a glossary of key terms, and a summary of the main examples used in epistemology, This an ideal first textbook in the theory of knowledge for undergraduates coming to philosophy for the first time. The third edition has been revised and updated throughout and features two new chapters, on religious knowledge and scientific knowledge, as part of a whole new section on what kinds of knowledge there are. In addition, the text as a whole has been refreshed to keep it up to date with current developments.

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