A Companion to Epistemology, 2 Volume Set
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A Companion to Epistemology provides a comprehensive, up-to-date reference for understanding the theory of knowledge. Edited by distinguished scholars, this expanded third edition explores classic questions about knowledge and justified belief alongside contemporary topics such as social and political epistemology, the ethics of belief, and the epistemology of perception. With contributions from established and younger voices in the field, each entry offers insights into key issues, definitions, and debates, creating a rich resource for both introductory and advanced exploration.
Extending its reach with critical coverage of emerging and underexplored areas, this third edition contains more than 50 new survey articles and an updated "Epistemology A-Z" glossary containing hundreds of entries. It also brings in wider perspectives, covering classical Indian and Islamic epistemology and featuring new entries on historical and present-day women philosophers, for example. With clear explanations and thoughtful analysis, the Companion captures the diversity and relevance of epistemology today.
Ideal for undergraduate and graduate students studying philosophy, cognitive science, or ethics, A Companion to Epistemology is also an indispensable reference for educators, scholars, and researchers. Its accessible yet thorough structure makes it a valuable addition to any academic collection, supporting coursework, independent study, and advanced research.
KURT SYLVAN is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. Specializing in epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of practical reason, he has published extensively in leading journals such as Philosophical Review, Mind, and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. His research focuses on foundational questions about knowledge and the ethics of belief. JONATHAN DANCY is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Known for his influential work in epistemology, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of practical reason, Dancy is the author of several foundational books in ethics and epistemology, including Contemporary Epistemology, Ethics without Principles, and Practical Reality. ERNEST SOSA is Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He previously taught at Brown University for more than forty years. A pioneer in virtue epistemology and inventor of telic virtue epistemology, Sosa has authored many influential books on knowledge and belief, including Judgement and Agency and Epistemic Explanations. MATTHIAS STEUP is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has published influential articles on the structure of justification, internalism vs. externalism, doxastic control, and the ethics of belief. He is co-editor of Wiley Blackwell’s Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, Third Edition.
Notes on Contributors ix
Preface to the Third Edition xiv
Preface to the Second Edition xvi
Preface to the First Edition xvii
Section 1 Historical and Cross-Cultural Epistemology 1
1 Ancient Greek and Roman Epistemology 3
Natalie Hannan and Katja Maria Vogt
2 Plato’s Epistemology 19
Jessica Moss
3 Empiricism in Aristotle 27
Marc Gasser-Wingate
4 Conceptions of Knowledge in Classical Chinese Philosophy 32
Hui-Chieh
Loy and Daryl Ooi
5 Sanskrit Epistemology 43
Nilanjan Das
6 Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy 65
Anthony Booth
7 Early Modern Epistemology 75
Jennifer Smalligan Marušic ́
8.1 Descartes’s Clarity-First Epistemology 86
Elliot Samuel Paul
8.2 Descartes’s Method for Achieving Knowledge 92
Elliot Samuel Paul
9 Kant on Truth and Its Source in Reason 99
Alexandra Newton
10 Early Analytic Epistemology 111
Mathieu Marion
11 Continental Epistemology 128
Linda Martín Alcoff
12 African Epistemology 133
Paul O. Irikefe
13 Cross-Linguistic
Studies in Epistemology 144
Davide Fassio and Jie Gao
Section 2 Major Traditional Topics 153
14 The Analysis of Knowledge 155
J. Adam Carter
15 Internalism and Externalism 167
Juan Comesaña
16 The Structure of Justification 177
Ali Hasan
17 The Epistemic Basing Relation 188
Ram Neta
18 Induction 197
Gilbert Harman
19 Problems of Induction 202
Laurence BonJour
20 Bayesian Epistemology 207
Alan Hájek and Stephan Hartmann
21 Defeat 219
Mona Simion
22 Scepticism 230
Genia Schönbaumsfeld
23 Conservatism and the Problem of Easy Knowledge 241
Matthias Steup
24 The A Priori: What’s It All About? 254
Carrie Jenkins
25 Self-Knowledge 264
Sophie Keeling
26 Intuition 277
Jennifer Nado
27 The Epistemology of Memory 288
Carlos Montemayor
28 Knowing from Words: In Defense of Cautious Optimism 299
Arindam Chakrabarti
29 Other Minds 315
Akeel Bilgrami
30 Experience and the Foundations of Perceptual Knowledge 320
Kurt Sylvan
31.1 Practical Knowledge 1: Main Themes 337
Lucy Campbell
31.2 Practical Knowledge 2: Main Accounts 343
Lucy Campbell
32 The Epistemology of Religious Belief 349
Alvin Plantinga
33 Evidentialism 354
Giada Fratantonio
34 Reliabilism 367
Alvin Goldman
35 Sosa’s Epistemology in Perspective 376
Kurt Sylvan and J. Adam Carter
36 Responsibilism in Virtue Epistemology 392
Heather D. Battaly
37 Knowledge-First
Epistemology 403
Timothy Williamson
38 Feminist Conceptions of Objectivity 413
Heidi Grasswick
Section 3 Recent and Emerging Topics 421
39 Pragmatic Encroachment 423
Jessica Brown
40 Understanding 432
Alison Hills
41 Inquiry in Epistemology: Doxastic Attitudes as Zetetic Attitudes 439
Jane Friedman
42 The Epistemology of Attention 450
Catharine Saint-Croix
43 The Epistemology of Skills 461
Carlotta Pavese
44 The Epistemology of Modality 472
Anand J. Vaidya and Michael Wallner
45 Agent Functionalism 483
Christoph Kelp
46 The Ethics of Belief 494
Rima Basu
47 Permissivism 504
Julia Smith
48 Epistemic Reasons 517
Errol Lord
49 Disagreement 529
Peter Brössel and Anna-Maria
Asunta Eder
50 Probabilistic Opinion Pooling 537
Xueyin (Snow) Zhang
51 Convergence to the Truth 545
Hanti Lin
52 Testimony 552
Guy Longworth
53 Testimonial Injustice and the Nature of Epistemic Injustice 557
Emily Coleen McWilliams
54 Political Epistemologies 569
Kristie Dotson and Ezgi Sertler
55 Standpoint Epistemology and the Epistemology of Deference 584
Emily Tilton and Briana Toole
56 Vice Epistemology 595
Alessandra Tanesini
57 Ideology 605
Quassim Cassam
Index 616
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.1.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Blackwell Companions to Philosophy |
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 244 mm |
| Gewicht | 680 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-119-75779-7 / 1119757797 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-119-75779-5 / 9781119757795 |
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