Theory of Knowledge

• Chapter 1: Epistemology: A First Look1: Why Study Knowledge?2: Some Doubts about Knowledge3: Traditional Definition of Knowledge4: Knowledge and Experience5: Intuitions and TheoryChapter 2: Explaining Knowledge1: The Scope of Epistemology2: The Concept of Knowledge3: Epistemology, Naturalism, and Pragmatism4: Value in EpistemologyChapter 3: Belief1: Belief and Representational States2: Belief and Belief-Ascription3: Are Beliefs Transparent?4: Belief and Theoretical Ideals5: Eliminativism and PredictionChapter 4: Truth1: Relativism2: Truth and Correspondence3: Truth and Coherence4: Truth and Pragmatic Value5: Kinds and Notions of TruthChapter 5: Jusitification and Beyond1: Justifications, Truth and Defeat2: Inferential Justification and the Regress Problem3: Supplementing Justification: The Gettier ProblemChapter 6: Sources of Knowledge1: Rationalism, Empiricism, and Innatissm2: Empiricism, Positivism, and Underdetermination3: Intuitions and First-Person Reports4: Memory5: Theoretical Unification6: Testimony and Social DependenceChapter 7: Rationality1: Preliminary Distinctions2: Rational Inference: Normative and Descriptive3: Consistency and Wayward Beliefs4: Rationality and Decision Under Uncertainty5: Integrative Considerations about RationalityChapter 8: Skepticism1: Some Species of Skepticism2: Some Skeptical Arguments3: A Reply from Common Sense4: Skepticism, Naturalism, and Broad ExplanationChapter 9: Epistemology and Explanation1: Origins of Contemporary Epistemology2: Ultimate Epistemological Authority3: Explanation and KnowledgeReferencesFor Further ReadingGlossaryIndex

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