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This collection of readings deftly blends the foremost classical sources with important contemporary philosophical thinkers to present a far-reaching examination of the theory of knowledge. Formative voices of epistemology from Ancient Greek Philosphy, Medieval Philosophy, Classical Modern Philosophy, Pragmatism, and Contemporary Analytic Philosophy are amply represented. Organized chronologically, Human Knowledge presents an impressive collection of non-technical essays from Plato, Aristotle, Sextus Empiricus, Augustine, Aquinas, Ockham, Descartes, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, James, Dewey, Lewis, Rorry, Quine, Chisolm, Putnam, Gettier, and many others. Each chapter is preceded by an introductory overview and helpful, up-to-date bibliographies provide students of all levels with guides to supplemental readings.

General Introduction

Classical Sources
Greek and Medieval Sources
Meno;, Plato
Posterior Analytics
De Anima, Aristotle
Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Sextus Empiricus
Contra Academicos
De Civitate Dei, Augustine
Summa Theologiae, Aquinas
Bibliography
Early Modern Sources
Introduction
Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Locke
Introduction to New Essays on the Human Understanding, Leibniz
A Treatise Concerning Human Understanding, Berkeley
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Hume
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics, Kant
Bibliography
Contemporary Sources
Pragmatism and Empiricism
Introduction
The Will to Believe, James
Appearance, Reality, and Knowledge By Acquaintance, Russell
Verification and Philosophy, Ayer
The Pragmatic Element in Knowledge, Lewis
Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology, Carnap
Two Dogmas of Empiricism, Quine
Bibliography
The Analysis of Knowledge
Introduction
Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?, Gettier
An Alleged Defect in Gettier Counter-Examples, Feldman
The Gettier Problem, Pollock
Bibliography
A Priori Knowledge
Introduction
A Pragmatic Conception of the A Priori, Lewis
The Truths of Reason, Chisholm
A Priori Knowledge, Necessity, and Cotingency, Kripke
Bibliography
Justified Belief
Introduction
Concepts of Epistemic Justification, Alston
The Raft and the Pyramid: Coherence Versus Foundation in the Theory of Knowledge, Sosa
Strong and Weak Justification, Goldman
Reflective Equilibrium, Analytic Epistemology, and the Problem of Cognitive Diversity, Stich
Bibliography
Skepticism
Introduction
Proof of an External World, Moore
Cause and Effect: Intuitive Awareness, Wittgenstein
Skepticism, Naturalism, and Transcendental Arguments, Strawson
Bibliography
Epistemology and Psychology
Introduction
Epistemology Naturalized, Quine
Why Reason Can't Be Naturalized, Putnam
Epistemic Folkways and Scientific Epistemology, Goldman
Bibliography
Index
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Human Knowledge Classical and Contemporary Approaches

Human Knowledge Classical and Contemporary Approaches

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