Mainstream and Formal Epistemology

This book provides an analysis of the meeting point between mainstream and formal theories of knowledge.

Vincent F. Hendricks (Author)

9780521718981, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 12 November 2007

202 pages
22.9 x 1.1 x 15.2 cm, 0.28 kg

'[The book] can, due to its accessible style, serve as a textbook for an alternative introduction to epistemology, and, by using the criteria it proposes to compare formal and mainstream theories, as a guide for further exploiting formal methods in a philosophically engaging way.' Erkenntis

Mainstream and Formal Epistemology provides the first, easily accessible, yet erudite and original analysis of the meeting point between mainstream and formal theories of knowledge. These two strands of thinking have traditionally proceeded in isolation from one another, but in this book, Vincent F. Hendricks brings them together for a systematic comparative treatment. He demonstrates how mainstream and formal epistemology may significantly benefit from one another, paving the way for a new unifying program of 'plethoric' epistemology. His book will both define and further the debate between philosophers from two very different sides of the epistemological spectrum.

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Priming the pump
3. Mainstream epistemology
4. Counterfactual epistemology
5. Contextual epistemology
6. Logical epistemology
7. Computational epistemology
8. Modal operator epistemology
9. 'Plethoric' epistemology
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge [HPK], History of Western philosophy [HPC], Philosophy [HP]