Editors:
- Celebrates the work of Peter D. Klein and his tremendous influence in the development of epistemology
- Features more than 15 essays written by the most influential philosophers in the field
- Includes a comprehensive introduction that discusses the impact of Peter Klein's philosophical work
Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 404)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This volume features more than fifteen essays written in honor of Peter D. Klein. It explores the work and legacy of this prominent philosopher, who has had and continues to have a tremendous influence in the development of epistemology.
The essays reflect the breadth and depth of Klein's work. They engage directly with his views and with the views of his interlocutors. In addition, a comprehensive introduction discusses the overall impact of Klein's philosophical work. It also explains how each of the essays in the book fits within that legacy.
Coverage includes such topics as a knowledge-first account of defeasible reasoning, felicitous falsehoods, the possibility of foundationalist justification, the many formal faces of defeat, radical scepticism, and more.Overall, the book provides readers with an overview of Klein’s contributions to epistemology, his importance to twentieth and twenty-first-century philosophy, and a survey of his philosophical ideas and accomplishments. It's not only a celebration of the work of an important philosopher. It also offers readers an insightful journey into the nature of knowledge, scepticism, and justification.
Keywords
- Klein Certainty
- Klein Defeasibility
- Klein Defeat
- Klein Epistemology
- Klein Inference
- Klein Infinitism
- Klein Descartes
- Klein knowledge
- Klein Rationality
- Descartes Skepticism
- Klein Epistemological theory
- Klein theories of justification
- Klein defeasible reasoning
- Klein evidentialism
- Klein closure principle for knowledge and justification
- Klein useful falsehoods
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Philosophy & Religion, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
Branden Fitelson
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Department of Philosophy, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Rodrigo Borges
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University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, USA
Cherie Braden
About the editors
Rodrigo Borges is an Assistant Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul.
Cherie Braden is a Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Themes from Klein
Book Subtitle: Knowledge, Scepticism, and Justification
Editors: Branden Fitelson, Rodrigo Borges, Cherie Braden
Series Title: Synthese Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04522-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04521-0Published: 02 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04522-7Published: 22 March 2019
Series ISSN: 0166-6991
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 260
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Epistemology, Knowledge - Discourse, History of France, Popular Science in Philosophy, Classical Philosophy