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A rigorous, authoritative new anthology which brings together some of the most significant contemporary scholarship on the theory of knowledge

Carefully-calibrated and judiciously-curated, this strong and contemporary new anthology builds upon Epistemology: An Anthology, Second Edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2008) by drawing a concise and well-balanced selection of higher-level readings from a large, diverse, and evolving body of research.

  • Includes 17 readings that represent a broad and vital part of contemporary epistemology, including articles by female philosophers and emerging thought leaders
  • Organized into seven thoughtful and distinct sections, including virtue epistemology, practical reasons for belief, and epistemic dysfunctions among others
  • Designed to sit alongside the highly-successful anthology of canonical essays, Epistemology: An Anthology, Second Edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2008)
  • Edited by a distinguished ed

    Table of Contents

    Preface vii

    Part I The Ethics of Belief 1

    1 Deontological Desiderata 3
    William Alston

    2 Voluntary Belief and Epistemic Evaluation 17
    Richard Feldman

    Part II Practical Reasons for Belief ? 29

    3 The Wrong Kind of Reason 31
    Pamela Hieronymi

    4 No Exception for Belief 44
    Susanna Rinard

    5 Promising Against the Evidence 58
    Berislav Marušic

    Part III Reliance 75

    6 Evidentialism and Pragmatic Constraints on Outright Belief 77
    Dorit Ganson

    7 Alief and Belief 91
    Tamar Gendler

    8 Can It Be Rational to Have Faith? 110
    Lara Buchak

    9 Assertion and Practical Reasoning: Common or Divergent Epistemic Standards? 126
    Jessica Brown

    Part IV Epistemic Dysfunctions 147

    10 Testimonial Injustice 149
    Miranda Fricker

    11 Cognitive Penetrability and Perceptual Justification 164
    Susanna Siegel

    Part V Virtue Epistemology 179

    12 The Search for the Source of Epistemic Good 181
    Linda Zagzebski

    13 Why We Don’t Deserve Credit for Everything We Know 192
    Jennifer Lackey

    14 A (Different) Virtue Epistemology 205
    John Greco

    15 Knowledge and Justification 220
    Ernest Sosa

    Part VI Disagreement 229

    16 Epistemology of Disagreement: The Good News 231
    David Christensen

    17 The Epistemic Significance of Disagreement 249
    Thomas Kelly

    Part VII Permissivism About Belief ? 265

    18 Epistemic Permissiveness 267
    Roger White

    19 Permission to Believe: Why Permissivism Is True and What It Tells Us About Irrelevant Influences on Belief 277
    Miriam Schoenfield

    Index 296

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 12/04/2019
      ISBN13: 9781119420774, 978-1119420774
      ISBN10: 1119420776
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A rigorous, authoritative new anthology which brings together some of the most significant contemporary scholarship on the theory of knowledge

      Carefully-calibrated and judiciously-curated, this strong and contemporary new anthology builds upon Epistemology: An Anthology, Second Edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2008) by drawing a concise and well-balanced selection of higher-level readings from a large, diverse, and evolving body of research.

      • Includes 17 readings that represent a broad and vital part of contemporary epistemology, including articles by female philosophers and emerging thought leaders
      • Organized into seven thoughtful and distinct sections, including virtue epistemology, practical reasons for belief, and epistemic dysfunctions among others
      • Designed to sit alongside the highly-successful anthology of canonical essays, Epistemology: An Anthology, Second Edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2008)
      • Edited by a distinguished ed

        Table of Contents

        Preface vii

        Part I The Ethics of Belief 1

        1 Deontological Desiderata 3
        William Alston

        2 Voluntary Belief and Epistemic Evaluation 17
        Richard Feldman

        Part II Practical Reasons for Belief ? 29

        3 The Wrong Kind of Reason 31
        Pamela Hieronymi

        4 No Exception for Belief 44
        Susanna Rinard

        5 Promising Against the Evidence 58
        Berislav Marušic

        Part III Reliance 75

        6 Evidentialism and Pragmatic Constraints on Outright Belief 77
        Dorit Ganson

        7 Alief and Belief 91
        Tamar Gendler

        8 Can It Be Rational to Have Faith? 110
        Lara Buchak

        9 Assertion and Practical Reasoning: Common or Divergent Epistemic Standards? 126
        Jessica Brown

        Part IV Epistemic Dysfunctions 147

        10 Testimonial Injustice 149
        Miranda Fricker

        11 Cognitive Penetrability and Perceptual Justification 164
        Susanna Siegel

        Part V Virtue Epistemology 179

        12 The Search for the Source of Epistemic Good 181
        Linda Zagzebski

        13 Why We Don’t Deserve Credit for Everything We Know 192
        Jennifer Lackey

        14 A (Different) Virtue Epistemology 205
        John Greco

        15 Knowledge and Justification 220
        Ernest Sosa

        Part VI Disagreement 229

        16 Epistemology of Disagreement: The Good News 231
        David Christensen

        17 The Epistemic Significance of Disagreement 249
        Thomas Kelly

        Part VII Permissivism About Belief ? 265

        18 Epistemic Permissiveness 267
        Roger White

        19 Permission to Believe: Why Permissivism Is True and What It Tells Us About Irrelevant Influences on Belief 277
        Miriam Schoenfield

        Index 296

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