Handbook of Epistemology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The History of Epistemology

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 3-54

3. Sources of Knowledge and Belief

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. Perception and Consciousness

      • Robert Audi

      Pages 57-108

   3. Testimony: Knowing Through Being Told

      • Elizabeth Fricker

      Pages 109-130

   4. Reason and Rationality

      • Richard Samuels, Stephen Stich, Luc Faucher

      Pages 131-179

4. Knowledge Acquisition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. Learning Theory and Epistemology

      • Kevin Kelly

      Pages 183-203

   3. Scientific Discovery

      • Matti Sintonen, Mika Kiikeri

      Pages 205-253

   4. Belief Revision from an Epistemological Point of View

      • Sven Ove Hansson

      Pages 255-279

5. Truth and Justification

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 281-281

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   2. The Analysis of Knowing

      • Robert K. Shope

      Pages 283-329

   3. Theories of Truth

      • Marian David

      Pages 331-414

   4. Realism

      • Susan Haack

      Pages 415-436

   5. Antirealism and the Roles of Truth

      • Göran Sundholm

      Pages 437-466

   6. Theories of Justification

      • Markus Lammenranta

      Pages 467-497

   7. Belief and Acceptance

      • Paul Weirich

      Pages 499-520

   8. Induction

      • Ilkka Niiniluoto

      Pages 521-545

6. Epistemology and Areas of Knowledge

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 547-547

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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 epistemogical theories. There are a great many excellent textbooks, monographs as well as anthologies consisting of articles in epistemology. Similarly, there are useful philosophical dictionaries which contain a great number of relatively short entries, and general philosophical handbooks which also touch epistemological issues. This volume of 27 essays grew out from the interest to see a handbook which is devoted entirely to the historical roots and systematic development of theory of knowledge. It is not intended to compete but to supplement the already existing literature. It aims at giving both beginners and more advanced students as well as professionals in epistemology and other areas of philosophy an overview of the central problems and solutions of epistemology. The essays are self-contained and stil often rather extensive discussions of the chosen aspects of knowledge. The contributions presuppose very little familiarity with previous literature and only a few of them require the mastery of even elementary logical notation. This, we hope, makes the volume also accessible to the philosophically interested wider audience. The contributors were asked to provide substantial, up-to-date, self-contained and balanced surveys of the various subareas and more specific topics of epistemology, with reference to literature.

• epistemological problem
• epistemology
• knowledge
• logic
• reason
• subject
• truth

• University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

  Ilkka Niiniluoto

• University of Tampere, Finland

  Matti Sintonen

• Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

  Jan Woleński

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