Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology

Offers the student a well-organized presentation of material relating to scepticism, to various philosophical accounts of knowledge and justification, to theories of perception, and more.

Preface. Introduction. Part I: Knowledge:. 1. Scepticism. 2. Knowledge. 3. The Conditional Theory of Knowledge. Part II: Justification:. 4. Foundationalism. 5. Foundationalism and Other Minds. 6. Empiricism and Theories of Meaning. 7. Holism and Indeterminacy. 8. Coherence Theories. 9. Coherence, Justification and Knowledge. Part III: Forms of Knowledge:. 10. Theories of Perception. 11. Perception: A Choice of a Theory. 12. Memory. 13. Induction. 14. A Priori Knowledge. 15. Is Epistemology Possible?. References. Index.