Aspects of Knowing
Epistemological Essays
Edited by- Stephen Hetherington, The University of South Wales, School of Philosophy, Sydney, Australia
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 Moores 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 agents knowledge Anne Newstead13. Gettiers theoremJohn Bigelow14. Knowledge that works: A tale of two conceptual models Stephen Hetherington
Audience
Graduate students and researchers in the field of cognitive science
Hardbound, 256 Pages
Published: May 2006
Imprint: Elsevier
ISBN: 978-0-08-044979-1
Contents
- 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 Moores 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 agents knowledge Anne Newstead13. Gettiers theoremJohn Bigelow14. Knowledge that works: A tale of two conceptual models Stephen Hetherington
