Description
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
Table 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 Marušic
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
