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Book SynopsisThis volume includes seventeen articles on the central topics of epistemology, including scepticism, realism, rationality, moral epistemology and social epistemology. Each essay incorporates background material to clarify the history and logic of the topic. In the BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO PHILOSOPHY series.
Trade Review"An excellent guide to the central issues in epistemology. This volume will prove to be a valuable resource for the expert and non-expert alike." Stewart Cohen, Arizona State University
Table of ContentsContributors vii
Preface viii
Introduction: What is Epistemology? John Greco 1
Part I Traditional Problems Of Epistemology 33
1 Skepticism Michael Williams 35
2 Realism, Objectivity, and Skepticism Paul K. Moser 70
3 What is Knowledge? Linda Zagzebski 92
4 The Dialectic of Foundationalism and Coherentism Laurence BonJour 117
Part II The Nature Of Epistemic Evaluation 143
5 Skepticism and the Internal/External Divide Ernest Sosa 145
6 In Defense of a Naturalized Epistemology Hilary Kornblith 158
7 Methodological Naturalism in Epistemology Richard Feldman 170
8 Contextualism: An Explanation and Defense Keith DeRose 187
9 Rationality Keith Lehrer 206
Part III Varieties Of Knowledge 221
10 Perceptual Knowledge William Alston 223
11 The A Priori George Bealer 243
12 Moral Knowledge and Ethical Pluralism Robert Audi 271
13 Epistemology of Religion Nicholas Wolterstorff 303
Part IV New Directions 325
14 Feminist Epistemology Helen E. Longino 327
15 Social Epistemology Frederick Schmitt 354
16 Procedural Epistemology – At the Interface of Philosophy and AI John L. Pollock 383
17 Hermeneutics as Epistemology Merold Westphal 415
Select Bibliography of Epistemology by Topic 436
Index 451
