1st Edition

Knowledge and Belief

By Frederick F. Schmitt Copyright 1992
292 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

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,... Read more
Introduction: Knowledge, Justification, and True Belief; Part 1 CHAPTER I:Greek Skepticism; Part 2 CHAPTER II:Descartes’ Skepticism; Part 3 CHAPTER III:Hume’s Skepticism; Part 4 CHAPTER IV:Accessibility Internalism; Part 5 CHAPTER V:Perspectival Internalism, Mental Internalism, and Epistemically Responsible Belief; Part 6 CHAPTER VI:Reliability, Relevant Processes,and Metaprocesses; Part 7 CHAPTER VII:Justification and Evaluation; Part 8 CHAPTER VIII:The Value of Evaluation;

Biography

F. Schmitt Frederick