1st Edition

Knowledge And Skepticism

Edited By Marjorie Clay Copyright 1989
    204 Pages
    by Routledge

    204 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book is a collection of essays as characteristic of philosophical writing in the theory of knowledge. The articles contain a number of major themes: skepticism, externalism, reliabilism, probability, and justification.

    1. A 'Doxastic Practice' Approach to Epistemology 2. Understanding Human Knowledge in General 3. The Skeptic's Appeal 4. Precis and Update of Epistemology and Cognition 5. The Need to Know 6. Convention, Confirmation, and Credibility 7. Probability in the Theory of Knowledge 8. Knowledge Reconsidered 9. Knowledge Representation and the Interrogative Model of Inquiry