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What Can We Know? An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge

by: Pojman, Louis P.

What Can We Know? An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge

by: Pojman, Louis P.

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9780534524173
ISBN 10:
0534524176
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/20/2000
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Summary

This book analyzes the central topics in epistemology such as truth, justification, and belief. The coverage is comprehensive, ranging from skepticism to religious belief (belief and acceptance). The most comprehensive book in the field, it is written in a friendly, conversational manner without unnecessary philosophical jargon or needless logical symbols.

Preface

What Can We Know?

(25)

Knowledge and Its Types

(2)

What Is Knowledge?

(1)

Theories of Truth

(1)

The Correspondence Theory of Truth

(3)

The Coherence Theory of Truth

(1)

The Pragmatic Theory of Truth

(4)

Knowledge and Belief

(2)

Knowledge and Justification

(1)

Can We Know Anything at All?

(1)

How Do We Obtain Knowledge?

(2)

Types of Knowledge

(2)

Book Outline

(2)

Questions for Discussion

(1)

Notes

(1)

For Further Reading

(2)

The Skeptical Tradition

(11)

The Ancient School of Skepticism

(6)

Ancient Skepticism: Academics and Pyrrhonians

(2)

Questions for Discussion

(1)

Notes

(1)

For Further Reading

(1)

Modern Skepticism

(27)

The Challenge of Skepticism

(12)

Do We Have Knowledge of the External World?

(2)

Tracking Truth

(2)

The Relevant Alternatives Model

(3)

Moore's Defense of Common Sense

(3)

Summary

(1)

Questions for Discussion

(2)

Notes

(1)

For Further Reading

(1)

Perception: Our Knowledge of the External World

(16)

Appearance and Reality

(2)

Theories of Perception

(1)

Locke's Representationalism

(3)

Berkeley's Idealist Attack on Representationalism

(3)

Phenomenalism

(4)

Summary

(1)

Questions for Discussion

(1)

Notes

(1)

For Further Reading

(2)

What Is Knowledge? An Analysis

(19)

Tripartite Analysis

(2)

Quartet Solutions

(6)

Other Attempts to Solve the Gettier Problem

(6)

Summary

(1)

Questions for Discussion

(1)

Notes

(1)

For Further Reading

(2)

Theories of Justification (I): Foundationalism

(16)

Classical Foundationalism

(5)

The Regress Problem

104

(3)

A Critique of Foundationalism

107

(4)

Summary

111

(1)

Questions for Discussion

112

(1)

Notes

113

(1)

For Further Reading

114

(1)

Theories of Justification (II): Coherentism and Modest Foundationalism

115

(19)

Varieties of Coherentism

116

(2)

Objections to Coherentism

118

(2)

Some Coherentist Replies to Criticisms

120

(4)

Additional Problems with Coherentism

124

(4)

Moderate Foundationalism

128

(2)

Nondoxastic Foundationalism and the Given

130

(1)

Summary

130

(2)

Questions for Discussion

132

(1)

Notes

132

(1)

For Further Reading

133

(1)

Theories of Justification (III): Internalism and Externalism

134

(30)

Internalism

136

(7)

Reliabilism

143

(10)

Externalist-Internalist Reconciliation?

153

(5)

Summary

158

(1)

Questions for Discussion

159

(2)

Notes

161

(2)

For Further Reading

163

(1)

The New Externalism: The Theory of Warrant and Proper Function

164

(21)

Rejection of Internalism

164

(3)

The New Externalism

167

(5)

A Critique of Plantinga's New Externalism

172

(10)

Summary

182

(1)

Questions for Discussion

182

(1)

Notes

183

(1)

For Further Reading

184

(1)

Naturalized Epistemology

185

(13)

Quine's Naturalism

185

(9)

Summary

194

(1)

Questions for Discussion

195

(1)

Notes

196

(1)

For Further Reading

197

(1)

Virtue Epistemology

198

(7)

Virture Utilitarianism

198

(1)

Virtue Reliabilism

199

(1)

Virtue Perspectivism

200

(1)

Problems with Virtue Epistemology

201

(2)

Questions for Discussion

203

(1)

Notes

203

(1)

For Further Reading

204

(1)

A Priori Knowledge

205

(23)

Introduction: The Historical Debate

205

(7)

Is There A Priori Knowledge?

212

(2)

The A Priori as Analytic Truth

214

(4)

Is There Synthetic A Priori Knowledge?

218

(3)

Innate Ideas (Again)

221

(3)

Questions for Discussion

224

(1)

Notes

225

(1)

For Further Reading

226

(2)

Memory

228

(22)

Memory as a Way of Knowing

230

(8)

What Is Remembering?

238

(9)

Questions for Discussion

247

(1)

Notes

248

(1)

For Further Reading

249

(1)

Other Minds

250

(14)

The Analogical Argument

250

(2)

Behaviorist Arguments

252

(5)

The Evolution Argument

257

(4)

Questions for Discussion

261

(1)

Notes

262

(1)

For Further Reading

262

(2)

The Nature of Belief

264

(16)

Hume's Perplexity

264

(5)

The Fall of Occurrentism and the Rise of Dispositional Theories of Belief

269

(4)

The Analysis of Belief

273

(5)

Questions for Discussion

278

(1)

Notes

278

(1)

For Further Reading

279

(1)

Belief and Will

280

(21)

Introduction: Varieties of Volitionalism

281

(1)

Direct Descriptive Volitionalism

282

(1)

The Phenomenological Argument Against Direct Descriptive Volitionalism

283

(9)

Cartesia

292

(1)

The Logic of Belief Argument Against Volitionalism

293

(5)

Questions for Discussion

298

(1)

Notes

298

(2)

For Further Reading

300

(1)

The Ethics of Belief

301

(17)

Indirect Volitionalism

301

(1)

The Libertarian View of Doxastic Responsibility

302

(4)

A Critique of Meiland's Liberatarianism

306

(9)

Questions for Discussion

315

(1)

Notes

316

(1)

For Further Reading

316

(2)

Belief and Acceptance

318

(7)

Questions for Discussion

323

(1)

Notes

324

(1)

For Further Reading

324

(1)

Epistemology and Religious Belief

325

(17)

The Debate over Faith and Reason

326

(2)

Rationality and Conceptual Frameworks

328

(2)

Does Rationality Imply a Neutrality That Is Incompatible with Religious Faith?

330

(2)

Toward a Theory of Rationality

332

(6)

Conclusion

338

(1)

Questions for Discussion

339

(1)

Notes

340

(1)

For Further Reading

341

(1)

Glossary

342

(7)

Index

349

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What Can We Know? An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge

What Can We Know? An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge

9780534524173

0534524176

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