Knowledge puzzles : an introduction to epistemology
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Knowledge puzzles : an introduction to epistemology
Westview Press, 1996
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- : paperback
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-187) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hardcover ISBN 9780813324869
Description
An introduction to epistemology in which each topic is introduced through a puzzle. Readers are invited to work their own ways towards a solution, and the text is designed to encourage class discussion and independent thought, rather than the memorization of "book" answers.
Table of Contents
- Introducing epistemology
- truth
- belief
- justification
- the Gettier problem
- surface reliability
- underlying reliability
- causality
- defeasibility
- social defeasibility
- false evidence
- induction
- a priori knowledge
- externalism
- internalism
- vagueness
- fallibilism
- infallibility scepticism
- external-world scepticism
- inductive scepticism
- rule scepticism
- regress scepticism
- foundationalism
- contextualism
- coherentism
- Pyrrhonian scepticism
- questioning epistemology.
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: paperback ISBN 9780813324876
Description
Despite the problems students often have with the theory of knowledge, it remains, necessarily, at the core of the philosophical enterprise. As experienced teachers know, teaching epistemology requires a text that is not only clear and accessible, but also capable of successfully motivating the abstract problems that arise.In Knowledge Puzzles, Stephen Hetherington presents an informal survey of epistemology based on the use of puzzles to illuminate problems of knowledge. Each topic is introduced through a puzzle, and readers are invited to work their own ways toward a solution. Hetherington's light and undogmatic style encourages class discussion and independent thought rather than the memorization of book" answers.Covering all of the most important epistemological issues, informed by classical and contemporary literature, and rich in probing questions and suggestions for further readings, Knowledge Puzzles is a pedagogical breakthrough. Whether it is used as a main text or supplement, this lucid and engaging text will be welcomed by both teachers and students.
Table of Contents
Preface -- Introducing Epistemology -- Truth -- Belief -- Justification -- The Gettier Problem -- Surface Reliability -- Underlying Reliability -- Causality -- Defeasibility -- Social Defeasibility -- False Evidence -- Induction -- A Priori Knowledge -- Externalism -- Internalism -- Vagueness -- Fallibilism -- Infallibility Skepticism -- External World Skepticism -- Inductive Skepticism -- Rule Skepticism -- Regress Skepticism -- Foundationalism -- Contextualism -- Coherentism -- Pyrrhonian Skepticism -- Questioning Epistemology -- About the Book and Author
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