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Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Acknowledgments

Introduction I.1 What Is Epistemology? I.2 Overview of the Book's Themes Free Internet Resources

1 THE REGRESS PROBLEM 1.1 Introduction: A Thought Experiment 1.2 Infinitism and the Regress Problem 1.3 Objections to Infinitism 1.4 Coherentism 1.5 Foundationalism 1.6 Objections to Foundationalism 1.7 Conclusion Free Internet Resources

2 PERCEPTION 2.1 Introduction 2.2 How to Stop an Epistemic Regress 2.3 How to Talk about Experience 2.4 Are We Ever Directly Aware of External Objects? 2.5 Against Naïve Realism 2.6 Evaluating Indirect Realism 2.7 The Return of Direct Realism 2.8 Does Experience Provide Us with Reasons to Believe? 2.9 Conclusion: Choosing a View Free Internet Resources

3 THE A PRIORI 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Negative Characterizations of A Priori Justification 3.3 In What Sense Is A Priori Justification “Independent” of Experience? 3.4 Positive Characterizations of A Priori Justification 3.5 Bealer on the A Priori 3.6 BonJour on the A Priori 3.7 Is There A Priori Justification? 3.8 Quine's Attack on the Analytic–Synthetic Distinction and Its Significance 3.9 Against the Reliability of Intuitions 3.10 Rationalism and Skepticism Free Internet Resources

10  4 INFERENCE 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Inference and the Scope of our Knowledge 4.3 The Problem of Induction 4.4 Solving the Problem 4.5 A Pragmatic Justification 4.6 No Justification? No Problem! 4.7 Deductive Reasoning and Closure 4.8 Against Closure 4.9 In Defense of Closure 4.10 Conclusion 4.A Appendix: When Does a Body of Evidence Justify Belief? Free Internet Resources

11  5 ON KNOWING THE TRUTH 5.1 Introduction 5.2 A Simple View 5.3 Gettier's Cases 5.4 Causation? 5.5 Modal Approaches 5.6 Ability 5.7 What If There Is No Analysis? 5.8 Conclusion Free Internet Resources

12  6 MEMORY 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Awareness of the Past 6.3 Memory and Knowledge 6.4 Memory and the Justification of Belief 6.5 Justifying Our Reliance on Memory 6.6 The Problem of Easy Knowledge 6.7 Conclusion Free Internet Resources

13  7 TESTIMONY 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Reductionism and Non‐Reductionism 7.3 Testimony and Transmission 7.4 Caveat Emptor? On the Speaker's Responsibilities 7.5 Disagreement 7.6 Conclusion 7.A Appendix: Testimonial Injustice Free Internet Resources

14  8 KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Knowing‐How and Knowing‐That 8.3 Is Understanding a Species of Knowledge? 8.4 Animal and Reflective Knowledge Free Internet Resources

15  9 INTERNALISM VS. EXTERNALISM 9.1 Introduction 9.2 An Early Argument for Externalism 9.3 Objections to Reliabilism and/or Externalism 9.4 Arguments for Externalism 9.5 Conclusion Free Internet Resources

16  10 THE ETHICS OF BELIEF 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Plantinga's Peritrope 10.3 The Costs and Benefits of Ungrounded Belief 10.4 Ought and Ability 10.5 Ethics and Epistemology 10.6 Conclusion 10.A Appendix: When and Why the Evidence Is “Sufficient” Free Internet Resources

17  11 SKEPTICISM 11.1 Introduction 11.2 An Argument for Radical Skepticism 11.3 Moore's Proof 11.4 Sensitivity 11.5 The Explanationist Reply 11.6 A Contextualist Solution 11.7 Darker Demonology: Schaffer's Demon 11.8 New Skepticism Free Internet Resources

18  References

19  Index

20  End User License Agreement

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