Knowledge and skepticism [electronic resource] / edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, and Harry S. Silverstein.

ISBN:

9780262265782

9781282638174

Title:

Knowledge and skepticism [electronic resource] / edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, and Harry S. Silverstein.

Author:

Campbell, Joseph Keim, 1958-

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 367 pages, [4] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).

Series:

Topics in contemporary philosophy

General Note:

"Earlier versions of the essays in this volume were presented at the seventh annual Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference (INPC), held between April 30 and May 2, 2004, in Pullman, Washington, and Moscow, Idaho"--Acknowledgments.

"A Bradford book."

Contents:

I Knowledge -- 1 Knowledge and Conclusive Evidence -- 2 Theorizing Justification -- 3 Truth Tracking and the Problem of Reflective Knowledge -- 4 Contextualism, Skepticism, and Warranted Assertibility Maneuvers -- 5 Knowledge In and Out of Context -- 6 Contextualism in Epistemology and the Context-Sensitivity of 'Knows' -- 7 Locke's Account of Sensitive Knowledge -- 8 Revelations: On What Is Manifest in Visual Experience -- 8 Knowing Hurts -- 10 Reasoning Defeasibily about Probabilities -- II Skepticism -- 11 Anti-Individualism, Self-Knowledge, and Why Skepticism Cannot Be Cartesian -- 12 Is There a Reason for Skepticism? -- 13 Skepticism Aside -- 14 Hume's Skeptical Naturalism.

Local Note:

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Subject Term:

Knowledge, Theory of -- Congresses.

Skepticism -- Congresses.

Added Author:

Campbell, Joseph Keim, 1958-

O'Rourke, Michael, 1963-

Silverstein, Harry, 1942-

Added Conference Author:

Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference (7th : 2004 : Pullman, Wash., and Moscow, Idaho)

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2010

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Summary

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