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Aspects of Knowing

Epistemological Essays

  • 1st Edition - May 19, 2006
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Stephen Hetherington
  • Language: English

AcknowledgementsContributors1. Introduction: The art of precise epistemology Stephen HetheringtonPart A. Epistemology as scientific?2. A problem about epistemic dependence Tim… Read more

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AcknowledgementsContributors1. Introduction: The art of precise epistemology Stephen HetheringtonPart A. Epistemology as scientific?2. A problem about epistemic dependence Tim Oakley3. Accounting for commitments: A priori knowledge, ontology, and logical entailments Michaelis Michael4. Epistemic bootstrappingPeter Forrest5. More praise for Moore’s proofRoger White6. Lotteries and the Close Shave principle John Collins7. Skepticism, self-knowledge, and responsibilityDavid Macarthur8. A reasonable contextualism (or, Austin reprised)A. B. Dickerson9. Questioning contextualism Brian WeathersonPart B. Understanding knowledge?10. Truthmaking and the Gettier problemAdrian Heathcote11. Is knowing having the right to be sure?André Gallois12. Knowledge by intention? On the possibility of agent’s knowledge Anne Newstead13. Gettier’s theoremJohn Bigelow14. Knowledge that works: A tale of two conceptual models Stephen Hetherington

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Graduate students and researchers in the field of cognitive science

Table of contents

Acknowledgements
Contributors

1. Introduction: The art of precise epistemology
Stephen Hetherington
Part A. Epistemology as scientific?

2. A problem about epistemic dependence
Tim Oakley

3. Accounting for commitments: A priori knowledge, ontology, and logical entailments
Michaelis Michael

4. Epistemic bootstrapping
Peter Forrest

5. More praise for Moore’s proof
Roger White

6. Lotteries and the Close Shave principle
John Collins

7. Skepticism, self-knowledge, and responsibility
David Macarthur

8. A reasonable contextualism (or, Austin reprised)
A. B. Dickerson

9. Questioning contextualism
Brian Weatherson
Part B. Understanding knowledge?

10. Truthmaking and the Gettier problem
Adrian Heathcote

11. Is knowing having the right to be sure?
André Gallois

12. Knowledge by intention? On the possibility of agent’s knowledge
Anne Newstead

13. Gettier’s theorem
John Bigelow

14. Knowledge that works: A tale of two conceptual models
Stephen Hetherington

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 19, 2006
  • Language: English

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Stephen Hetherington

Affiliations and expertise
The University of South Wales, School of Philosophy, Sydney, Australia

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