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A rigorous, authoritative new anthology which brings together some of the most significant contemporary scholarship on the theory of knowledge
Carefully-calibrated and judiciously-curated, this strong and contemporary new anthology builds upon Epistemology: An Anthology, Second Edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2008) by drawing a concise and well-balanced selection of higher-level readings from a large, diverse, and evolving body of research.
* Includes 17 readings that represent a broad and vital part of contemporary epistemology, including articles by female philosophers and emerging thought leaders
* Organized into seven thoughtful and distinct sections, including virtue epistemology, practical reasons for belief, and epistemic dysfunctions among others
* Designed to sit alongside the highly-successful anthology of canonical essays, Epistemology: An Anthology, Second Edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2008)
* Edited by a distinguished editorial team, including Ernie Sosa, one of the most influential active epistemologists
* Highlights cutting edge methodologies and contemporary topics for advanced students, instructors, and researchers
List of contents
Preface vii
Part I The Ethics of Belief 1
1 Deontological Desiderata 3
William Alston
2 Voluntary Belief and Epistemic Evaluation 17
Richard Feldman
Part II Practical Reasons for Belief ? 29
3 The Wrong Kind of Reason 31
Pamela Hieronymi
4 No Exception for Belief 44
Susanna Rinard
5 Promising Against the Evidence 58
Berislav Marusic
Part III Reliance 75
6 Evidentialism and Pragmatic Constraints on Outright Belief 77
Dorit Ganson
7 Alief and Belief 91
Tamar Gendler
8 Can It Be Rational to Have Faith? 110
Lara Buchak
9 Assertion and Practical Reasoning: Common or Divergent Epistemic Standards? 126
Jessica Brown
Part IV Epistemic Dysfunctions 147
10 Testimonial Injustice 149
Miranda Fricker
11 Cognitive Penetrability and Perceptual Justification 164
Susanna Siegel
Part V Virtue Epistemology 179
12 The Search for the Source of Epistemic Good 181
Linda Zagzebski
13 Why We Don't Deserve Credit for Everything We Know 192
Jennifer Lackey
14 A (Different) Virtue Epistemology 205
John Greco
15 Knowledge and Justification 220
Ernest Sosa
Part VI Disagreement 229
16 Epistemology of Disagreement: The Good News 231
David Christensen
17 The Epistemic Significance of Disagreement 249
Thomas Kelly
Part VII Permissivism About Belief ? 265
18 Epistemic Permissiveness 267
Roger White
19 Permission to Believe: Why Permissivism Is True and What It Tells Us About Irrelevant Influences on Belief 277
Miriam Schoenfield
Index 296
About the author
JEREMY FANTL is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Calgary and has published papers and books in epistemology, the philosophy of mind, and metaethics. His most recent book is
The Limitations of the Open Mind (2018).
MATTHEW MCGRATH is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and Professorial Fellow at the Arché Institute at the University of St. Andrews. He has published papers in epistemology and metaphysics, including
Knowledge in an Uncertain World (2009).
ERNEST SOSA is Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has published in epistemology and metaphysics, including, most recently,
Judgment and Agency (2015) and
Epistemology (2017).
Summary
A rigorous, authoritative new anthology which brings together some of the most significant contemporary scholarship on the theory of knowledge
Carefully-calibrated and judiciously-curated, this strong and contemporary new anthology builds upon Epistemology: An Anthology, Second Edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2008) by drawing a concise and well-balanced selection of higher-level readings from a large, diverse, and evolving body of research.
* Includes 17 readings that represent a broad and vital part of contemporary epistemology, including articles by female philosophers and emerging thought leaders
* Organized into seven thoughtful and distinct sections, including virtue epistemology, practical reasons for belief, and epistemic dysfunctions among others
* Designed to sit alongside the highly-successful anthology of canonical essays, Epistemology: An Anthology, Second Edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2008)
* Edited by a distinguished editorial team, including Ernie Sosa, one of the most influential active epistemologists
* Highlights cutting edge methodologies and contemporary topics for advanced students, instructors, and researchers
