Handbook of Epistemology

Handbook of Epistemology edited by I. Niiniluoto, Matti Sintonen, Jan Wolenski.

Epistemology or theory of knowledge has always been one of the most important -if not the most important -field of philosophy. New arguments are constantly brought to bear on old views, new variants are marshalled to revive ancient stands, new concepts and distinctions increase the sophistication of...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Niiniluoto, I. (Editor), Sintonen, Matti (Editor), Wolenski, Jan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
Edition:1st ed. 2004.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Epistemology.
Philosophy.
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Table of Contents:
  • The History of Epistemology
  • I: Sources of Knowledge and Belief
  • 1. Perception and Consciousness
  • 2. Testimony: Knowing through Being Told
  • 3. Reason and Rationality
  • II: Knowledge Acquisition
  • 4. Learning Theory and Epistemology
  • 5. Scientific Discovery
  • 6. Belief Revision from an Epistemological Point of View
  • III: Truth and Justification
  • 7. The Analysis of Knowing
  • 8. Theories of Truth
  • 9. Realism
  • 10. Antirealism and the Roles of Truth
  • 11. Theories of Justification
  • 12. Belief and Acceptance
  • 13. Induction
  • IV: Epistemology and Areas of Knowledge
  • 14. Scientific Knowledge
  • 15. Mathematical Knowledge
  • 16. Knowledge in the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • 17. Self-Knowledge
  • 18. The Epistemology of Religious Belief
  • 19. Knowledge and Semantic Competence
  • V: Special Topics
  • 20. Naturalism and Evolutionary Epistemologies
  • 21. Relativism
  • 22. Analytic vs. Synthetic and A Priori vs. A Posteriori
  • 23. Epistemology and Cognitive Science
  • 24. Sociology of Scientific Knowledge
  • 25. Epistemic Logic
  • 26. Knowledge and Art
  • 27. Feminist Epistemology
  • Index of Names.

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