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Reading Epistemology
Selected Texts with Interactive Commentary
Sven Bernecker (Author)
9781405127646, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 21 December 2005
208 pages
24.6 x 17 x 1.8 cm, 0.367 kg
"Sven Bernecker's book is an excellent one for students. The selected passages are very well chosen, and the commentaries are explanatory, acute, interesting and well informed. By not being over detailed or dogmatic, they will serve to stimulate critical thought, which is very much the book's aim." Paul Snowdon, University College London "Bernecker goes beyond the traditional anthology by combining well-chosen primary sources with carefully constructed commentary on each source … which not only help the reader make sense of complex arguments and theses, but which also place the primary sources in the context of the debates and controversies from which they arise. Anyone who teaches epistemology will want to take a close look at this text." Saul Traiger, Occidental College
Designed for readers who have had little or no exposure to contemporary theory of knowledge, Reading Epistemology brings together twelve important and influential writings on the subject.
Preface viii Sources and Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 1 Defining Knowledge 4 Introduction to the Problem 4 Introduction to Pollock 7 Commentary on Pollock 11 Introduction to Nozick 14 Commentary on Nozick 21 2 Justification and Truth 27 Introduction to the Problem 27 Introduction to Goldman 30 Commentary on Goldman 41 Introduction to Foley 44 Commentary on Foley 53 3 Duties and Virtues 57 Introduction to the Problem 57 Introduction to Steup 60 Commentary on Steup 75 Introduction to Sosa 80 Commentary on Sosa 89 4 Knowledge by Hearsay 93 Introduction to the Problem 93 Introduction to Fricker 95 Commentary on Fricker 107 Introduction to Burge 109 Tyler Burge, ‘Content Preservation’ 110 Commentary on Burge 119 5 Foundations or Coherence? 122 Introduction to the Problem 122 Introduction to Alston 124 Commentary on Alston 135 Introduction to BonJour 139 Knowledge’ 139 Commentary on BonJour 150 6 Scepticism in Context 156 Introduction to the Problem 156 Introduction to Dretske 159 Commentary on Dretske 169 Introduction to Williams 173 Commentary on Williams 182 Essay/Examination Questions 186 Further Reading 188 Index 194
John L. Pollock, ‘The Gettier Problem’ 8
Robert Nozick, ‘Conditions for Knowledge’ 15
Alvin I. Goldman, ‘What is Justified Belief ?’ 31
Richard Foley, ‘What’s Wrong with Reliabilism?’ 44
Matthias Steup, ‘A Defense of Internalism’ 60
Ernest Sosa, ‘Reliabilism and Intellectual Virtue’ 80
Elizabeth Fricker, ‘Against Gullibility’ 95
William P. Alston, ‘Two Types of Foundationalism’ 125
Laurence BonJour, ‘The Coherence Theory of Empirical
Fred Dretske, ‘The Pragmatic Dimension of Knowledge’ 159
Michael Williams, ‘Realism and Scepticism’ 174
Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
