Knowledge and Skepticism

Neuausgabe 2010
ISBN: 978-0-262-01408-3
Verlag: Penguin Random House LLC

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Reihe: Topics in Contemporary Philoso

New essays by leading philosophers explore topics in epistemology, offering both contemporary philosophical analysis and historical perspectives.There are two main questions in epistemology: What is knowledge? And: Do we have any of it? The first question asks after the nature of a concept; the second involves grappling with the skeptic, who believes that no one knows anything. This collection of original essays addresses the themes of knowledge and skepticism, offering both contemporary epistemological analysis and historical perspectives from leading philosophers and rising scholars. Contributors first consider knowledge: the intrinsic nature of knowledge—in particular, aspects of what distinguishes knowledge from true belief; the extrinsic examination of knowledge, focusing on contextualist accounts; and types of knowledge, specifically perceptual, introspective, and rational knowledge. The final chapters offer various perspectives on skepticism. Knowledge and Skepticism provides an eclectic yet coherent set of essays by distinguished scholars and important new voices. The cutting-edge nature of its contributions and its interdisciplinary character make it a valuable resource for a wide audience—for philosophers of language as well as for epistemologists, and for psychologists, decision theorists, historians, and students at both the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels.Contributors
Kent Bach, Joseph Keim Campbell, Joseph Cruz, Fred Dretske, Catherine Z. Elgin, Peter S. Fosl, Peter J. Graham, David Hemp, Michael O'Rourke, George Pappas, John L. Pollock, Duncan Pritchard, Joseph Salerno, Robert J. Stainton, Harry S. Silverstein, Joseph Thomas Tolliver, Leora Weitzman

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campbell, Joseph Keim

O'Rourke, Michael

Silverstein, Harry S.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hemp, David

Graham, Peter J.

Salerno, Joseph

Pritchard, Duncan

Bach, Kent

Stainton, Robert J.

Pappas, George

Tolliver, Joseph T.

Dretske, Fred

Pollock, John L.

Weitzman, Leora

Cruz, Joseph

Elgin, Catherine Z.

Fosl, Peter S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert

Über Autor(innen)

Stainton, Robert J.
Robert J. Stainton is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Western Ontario.

Bach, Kent
Kent Bach is Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University.

Dretske, Fred
Fred Dretske is Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Philosophy, Duke University.

Silverstein, Harry S.
Harry S. Silverstein is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Washington State University, and coeditor of three previous volumes in the Topics in Contemporary Philosophy series, Causation and Explanation (2007), Knowledge and Skepticism (2010), and Time and Identity (2010), all published by the MIT Press.

Campbell, Joseph Keim
Joseph Keim Campbell is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Washington State University.

O'Rourke, Michael
Michael O'Rourke is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University.

Pollock, John L.
John L. Pollock is Regents Professor of Philosophy and Research Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona.

Elgin, Catherine Z.
Catherine Z. Elgin is Professor of the Philosophy of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is the author of Considered Judgment, Between the Absolute and the Arbitrary, With Reference to Reference, and (with Nelson Goodman) Reconceptions in Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences.

Joseph Keim Campbell is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Washington State University. Michael O'Rourke is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Idaho. Harry S. Silverstein is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Washington State University. Campbell, O'Rourke, and Silverstein are coeditors of Causation and Explanation (MIT Press, 2007), a previous volume in the Topics in Contemporary Philosophy series.