Knowledge and Belief
Knowledge, from Plato onwards, has been considered in relation to justified belief. Current debate has centred around the nature of the justification and whether justified belief can be considered an internal or extenal matter. Epistemological internalists argue that the subject must be able to reflect upon a belief to complete the process of justification. The externalists, on the other hand, claim that it is only necessary to consider whether the belief is reliably formed, and argue that the …
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Knowledge, from Plato onwards, has been considered in relation to justified belief. Current debate has centred around the nature of the justification and whether justified belief can be considered an internal or extenal matter. Epistemological internalists argue that the subject must be able to reflect upon a belief to complete the process of justification. The externalists, on the other hand, claim that it is only necessary to consider whether the belief is reliably formed, and argue that the ability to know by reflection is not required for a justified belief. In the historical section of this book the three most important epistemologists, Plato, Descartes and Hume, as well as the ancient epistemologies of the stoics, Academics and Pyrhonians, are considered. In reconsidering the history of epistemology the author is led to argue against hte view that internalism is historically dominant. His critique of internalism is then developed into a sustained argument against many of its forms, and he goes onto defend an externalist, reliabilist epistemology.
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- Publication Date:©1992.
- Edition:1st ed
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- Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
- Place of Publication:Florence
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1992.
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- Description:1 online resource (289 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780203005644, 0203005643
- oclc:on1058503446
- LC Classification:BD215 ǂb .S34 1991eb
- Dewey Decimal:121/.6
Table of Contents
Front Cover -- Knowledge and Belief -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Knowledge, Justification, and True Belief -- I Greek Skepticism -- 1 Plato's skepticism in the Theaetetus -- 2 Academic skepticism -- 3 Pyrrhonian skepticism -- II Descartes' Skepticism -- 1 The antecedent skeptical challenge -- 2 The validation of reason -- 3 Does justified belief require an answer to antecedent skepticism? -- III Hume's Skepticism -- 1 Hume's reliabilism -- 2 Skepticism with regard to the senses -- or rather, imagination -- 3 Hume's positive epistemology: strength, naturalness, and adaptiveness -- 4 Hume's answer to consequent skepticism -- IV Accessibility Internalism -- 1 The deontic argument for accessibility internalism -- 2 Against accessibility internalism -- 3 The fairly direct accessibility of reasons -- V Perspectival Internalism, Mental Internalism, and Epistemically Responsible Belief -- 1 The responsibility argument for perspectival and mental intemalism -- 2 The vat argument for mental internalism -- VI Reliability, Relevant Processes, and Metaprocesses -- 1 Relevant processes -- 2 Metaprocesses -- VII Justification and Evaluation -…
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