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Book SynopsisA woman glances at a broken clock and comes to believe it is a quarter past seven. Yet, despite the broken clock, it really does happen to be a quarter past seven. Her belief is true, but it isn't knowledge. This title finds a solution to the problem in the observation.
Trade Review"[Foley's] book impressively combines breadth, succinctness, and readability. It will profit both professional philosophers and advanced students in epistemology."--Choice "This book is an illustrative and erudite contribution to the field of epistemology. Foley departs from the typical rational objective and presents an intuitive account of knowledge and true belief."--Diana Karbonowska, European Legacy "This highly original book will be of interest to both epistemologists and philosophers from other sub-disciplines whose work engages with the theory of knowledge. Thought provoking and well argued, it is well worth the reader's time."--Lisa Warenski, Mind
Table of ContentsPart I: The Basic Idea Chapter 1: An Observation 3 Chapter 2: Post-Gettier Accounts of Knowledge 6 Chapter 3: Knowledge Stories 9 Chapter 4: Intuitions about Knowledge 12 Chapter 5: Important Truths 19 Chapter 6: Maximally Accurate and Comprehensive Beliefs 32 Chapter 7: The Beetle in the Box 41 Chapter 8: Knowledge Blocks 46 Chapter 9: The Theory of Knowledge and Theory of Justified Belief 51 Part II: Puzzles and Questions Chapter 10: The Value of True Belief 59 Chapter 11: The Value of Knowledge 65 Chapter 12: The Lottery and Preface 70 Chapter 13: Reverse Lottery Stories 73 Chapter 14: Lucky Knowledge 78 Chapter 15: Closure and Skepticism 81 Chapter 16: Disjunctions 86 Chapter 17: Fixedness and Knowledge 88 Chapter 18: Instability and Knowledge 91 Chapter 19: Misleading Defeaters 95 Chapter 20: Believing That I Don't Know 99 Chapter 21: Introspective Knowledge 102 Chapter 22: Perceptual Knowledge 106 Chapter 23: A Priori Knowledge 110 Chapter 24: Collective Knowledge 113 Part III: The Structure of Epistemology Chapter 25: A Look Back 121 Chapter 26: Epistemology within a General Theory of Rationality 124 Chapter 27: The Core Concepts of Epistemology 134 Notes 137 Index 149
