Handbook of Epistemology
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 an
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HANDBOOK OF EPISTEMOLOGY
Edited by ILKKA NIINILUOTO University of Helsinki, Finland
MATTI SINTONEN University of Tampere, Finland
and
JAN WOLEN-SKI Jagielionian University, Cracow, Poland
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-94-015-6969-9 ISBN 978-1-4020-1986-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-1986-9
Printed on acid-free paper
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TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
FOREWORD CONTRffiUTORS
IX
INTRODUCTION JANWOLENSKI: The History of Epistemology
3
PART I: SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF 1. ROBERT AUOI: Perception and Consciousness
57
2. ELIZABETH FRICKER: Testimony: Knowing through Being Told
109
3. RICHARD SAMUELS, STEPHEN STICH, AND Luc FAUCHER: Reason and Rationality
131
PART II: KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION 4. KEVIN KELLY: Learning Theory and Epistemology
183
5. MATTI SINTONEN AND MIKA KIIKERI: Scientific Discovery
205
6. SVEN OVE HANSSON: Belief Revision from an Epistemological Point of View
255
PART III: TRUTH AND JUSTIFICATION 7. ROBERT SHOPE: The Analysis of Knowing
283
8. MARIAN DAVID: Theories of Truth
331
9. SUSAN HAACK: Realism
415
10. GORAN SUNDHOLM: Antirealism and the Roles of Truth
437
11. MARKUS LAMMENRANTA: Theories of Justification
467
12. PAUL WEIRICH: Belief and Acceptance
499 521
13. ILKKA NIINILUOTO: Induction v
vi
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PART IV: EPISTEMOLOGY AND AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE 14. PAUL HUMPHREYS: Scientific Knowledge
549
15. ROMAN MURAWSKI: Mathematical Knowledge
571
16. JOSEPH MARGOLIS: Knowledge in the Humanities and Social Sciences
607
l7. TOM STONEHAM: Self-Knowledge
647
18. KEITH YANDELL: The Epistemology of Religious Belief
673
19. KENT JOHNSON AND ERNIE LEPORE: Knowledge and Semantic Competence 707 PART V: SPECIAL TOPICS 20. MICHAEL BRADIE: Naturalism and Evolutionary Epistemologies
735
21. HARVEY SIEGEL: Relativism
747
22. JAN WOLENSKI: Analytic vs. Synthetic and A Priori vs. A Posteriori
781
23. FREDERICK SCHMITT: Epistemology and Cognitive Science
841
24. DAVID BLOOR: Sociology of Scientific Knowledge
919
25. WOLFGANG LENZEN: Epistemic Logic
963
26. DAVID NOVITz: Knowledge and Art
985
27 . KATHLEEN LENNON: Feminist Epistemology
1013
INDEX OF NAMES
1027
SUBJECT INDEX
1041
FOREWORD 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 view
