Epistemology: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies)

Epistemology: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies)

This volume represents the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in theory of knowledge. It is ideal as a reader for all courses in epistemology.From the Back CoverThis volume represents the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in theory of knowledge.Concentrating on the central topics of the field, it includes many of the most important contributions made in recent decades by several outstanding authors. Among the topics explored are skepticism and the Pyrrhonian problematic, the definition of knowledge, and the structure of epistemic justification. More specific topics covered include epistemology naturalized, contextualism, relativism, externalism vs internalism, foundationalism vs coherentism, and virtue epistemology. It is ideal as a reader for all courses in epistemology.About the AuthorErnest Sosa has taught since 1964 at Brown University, where he is now Romeo Elton Professor of Natural Theology and Professor of Philosophy. He is the author ofKnowledge in Perspective (1991). He is co-editor (with John Greco) ofThe Blackwell Guide to Epistemology (1999); and co-editor (with Jaegwon Kim) ofA Companion to Metaphysics (Blackwell, 1995) andMetaphysics: An Anthology (Blackwell, 1998).Jaegwon Kim has taught at Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Michigan, and is now William Perry Faunce Professor of Philosophy at Brown University. He is the author of Supervenience and the Mind (1993) and Philosophy of Mind (1996), and the editor, with Ernest Sosa, of A Companion to Metaphysics (Blackwell, 1995) and Metaphysics: An Anthology (Blackwell, 1998).