Knowledge and Skepticism

This book presents the characteristic of philosophical writing in the theory of knowledge covering the major themes: skepticism, externalism, reliabilism, probability, and justification. It also analyses epistemology from both historical and contemporary perspective. A Doxastic Practice Approach To Epistemology / William P. Alston -- Understanding Human Knowledge In General / Barry Stroud -- The Skeptic's Appeal / Ernest Sosa -- Précis And Update Of Epistemology And Cognition / Alvin I. Goldman -- The Need To Know / Fred Dretske -- Convention, Confirmation, And Credibility / Henry E. Kyburg, Jr. -- Probability In The Theory Of Knowledge / Roderick Chisholm -- Knowledge Reconsidered / Keith Lehrer -- Knowledge Representation And The Interrogative Model Of Inquiry / Jaakko Hintikka. Edited By Marjorie Clay And Keith Lehrer. Includes Bibliographical References. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction 1 A 'Doxastic Practice' Approach to Epistemology 2 Understanding Human Knowledge in General 3 The Skeptic's Appeal 4 Précis and Update of Epistemology and Cognition 5 The Need to Know 6 Convention, Confirmation, and Credibility 7 Probability in the Theory of Knowledge 8 Knowledge Reconsidered 9 Knowledge Representation and the Interrogative Model of Inquiry About the Contributors This book is a collection of essays as characteristic of philosophical writing in the theory of knowledge. The articles contain a number of major themes: skepticism, externalism, reliabilism, probability, and justification. Book by Clay, Marjorie, Lehrer, Keith, *, Editors