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A Companion to Epistemology, 2 Volume Set
Kurt Sylvan (Edited by), Jonathan Dancy (Edited by), Ernest Sosa (Edited by), Matthias Steup (Edited by)
9781119757795, Wiley
Hardback, published 25 December 2025
1440 pages
24.4 x 17 x 15 cm, 0.68 kg
A Companion to Epistemology, 2 Volume Set, 3rd Edition A Companion to Epistemology provides a comprehensive, up-to-date reference for understanding the theory of knowledge. Edited by distinguished scholars, this expanded third edition explores classic questions about knowledge and justified belief alongside contemporary topics such as social and political epistemology, the ethics of belief, and the epistemology of perception. With contributions from established and younger voices in the field, each entry offers insights into key issues, definitions, and debates, creating a rich resource for both introductory and advanced exploration. Extending its reach with critical coverage of emerging and underexplored areas, this third edition contains more than 50 new survey articles and an updated "Epistemology A-Z" glossary containing hundreds of entries. It also brings in wider perspectives, covering classical Indian and Islamic epistemology and featuring new entries on historical and present-day women philosophers, for example. With clear explanations and thoughtful analysis, the Companion captures the diversity and relevance of epistemology today. Ideal for undergraduate and graduate students studying philosophy, cognitive science, or ethics, A Companion to Epistemology is also an indispensable reference for educators, scholars, and researchers. Its accessible yet thorough structure makes it a valuable addition to any academic collection, supporting coursework, independent study, and advanced research.
Notes on Contributors ix Preface to the Third Edition xiv Preface to the Second Edition xvi Preface to the First Edition xvii Section 1 Historical and Cross- Cultural Epistemology 1 1 Ancient Greek and Roman Epistemology 3 2 Plato’s Epistemology 19 3 Empiricism in Aristotle 27 4 Conceptions of Knowledge in Classical Chinese Philosophy 32 5 Sanskrit Epistemology 43 6 Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy 65 7 Early Modern Epistemology 75 8.1 Descartes’s Clarity-First Epistemology 86 8.2 Descartes’s Method for Achieving Knowledge 92 9 Kant on Truth and Its Source in Reason 99 10 Early Analytic Epistemology 111 11 Continental Epistemology 128 12 African Epistemology 133 13 Cross- Linguistic Studies in Epistemology 144 Section 2 Major Traditional Topics 153 14 The Analysis of Knowledge 155 15 Internalism and Externalism 167 16 The Structure of Justification 177 17 The Epistemic Basing Relation 188 18 Induction 197 19 Problems of Induction 202 20 Bayesian Epistemology 207 21 Defeat 219 22 Scepticism 230 23 Conservatism and the Problem of Easy Knowledge 241 24 The A Priori: What’s It All About? 254 25 Self- Knowledge 264 26 Intuition 277 27 The Epistemology of Memory 288 28 Knowing from Words: In Defense of Cautious Optimism 299 29 Other Minds 315 30 Experience and the Foundations of Perceptual Knowledge 320 31.1 Practical Knowledge 1: Main Themes 337 31.2 Practical Knowledge 2: Main Accounts 343 32 The Epistemology of Religious Belief 349 33 Evidentialism 354 34 Reliabilism 367 35 Sosa’s Epistemology in Perspective 376 36 Responsibilism in Virtue Epistemology 392 37 Knowledge- First Epistemology 403 38 Feminist Conceptions of Objectivity 413 Section 3 Recent and Emerging Topics 421 39 Pragmatic Encroachment 423 40 Understanding 432 41 Inquiry in Epistemology: Doxastic Attitudes as Zetetic Attitudes 439 42 The Epistemology of Attention 450 43 The Epistemology of Skills 461 44 The Epistemology of Modality 472 45 Agent Functionalism 483 46 The Ethics of Belief 494 47 Permissivism 504 48 Epistemic Reasons 517 49 Disagreement 529 50 Probabilistic Opinion Pooling 537 51 Convergence to the Truth 545 52 Testimony 552 53 Testimonial Injustice and the Nature of Epistemic Injustice 557 54 Political Epistemologies 569 55 Standpoint Epistemology and the Epistemology of Deference 584 56 Vice Epistemology 595 57 Ideology 605 Index 616
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Alexandra Newton
Mathieu Marion
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Paul O. Irikefe
Davide Fassio and Jie Gao
J. Adam Carter
Juan Comesaña
Ali Hasan
Ram Neta
Gilbert Harman
Laurence BonJour
Alan Hájek and Stephan Hartmann
Mona Simion
Genia Schönbaumsfeld
Matthias Steup
Carrie Jenkins
Sophie Keeling
Jennifer Nado
Carlos Montemayor
Arindam Chakrabarti
Akeel Bilgrami
Kurt Sylvan
Lucy Campbell
Lucy Campbell
Alvin Plantinga
Giada Fratantonio
Alvin Goldman
Kurt Sylvan and J. Adam Carter
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Timothy Williamson
Heidi Grasswick
Jessica Brown
Alison Hills
Jane Friedman
Catharine Saint- Croix
Carlotta Pavese
Anand J. Vaidya and Michael Wallner
Christoph Kelp
Rima Basu
Julia Smith
Errol Lord
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Hanti Lin
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Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
