Themes from Klein: Knowledge, Scepticism, and Justification

✍ Scribed by Branden Fitelson, Rodrigo Borges, Cherie Braden

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 269
Series: Synthese Library 404
Edition: 1st ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This volume features more than fifteen essays written in honor of Peter D. Klein. It explores the work and legacy of this prominent philosopher, who has had and continues to have a tremendous influence in the development of epistemology.

The essays reflect the breadth and depth of Klein's work. They engage directly with his views and with the views of his interlocutors. In addition, a comprehensive introduction discusses the overall impact of Klein's philosophical work. It also explains how each of the essays in the book fits within that legacy.

Coverage includes such topics as a knowledge-first account of defeasible reasoning, felicitous falsehoods, the possibility of foundationalist justification, the many formal faces of defeat, radical scepticism, and more.

Overall, the book provides readers with an overview of Klein’s contributions to epistemology, his importance to twentieth and twenty-first-century philosophy, and a survey of his philosophical ideas and accomplishments. It's not only a celebration of the work of an important philosopher. It also offers readers an insightful journey into the nature of knowledge, scepticism, and justification.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
Introduction (Branden Fitelson, Cherie Braden)....Pages 1-12
Front Matter ....Pages 13-13
Reflective Knowledge (Ernest Sosa)....Pages 15-23
Epistemically Useful Falsehoods (Catherine Z. Elgin)....Pages 25-38
Theoretical Unity in Epistemology (Jonathan L. Kvanvig)....Pages 39-56
Accurate Enough, Comprehensive Enough, and Reasonable Enough Belief (Richard Foley)....Pages 57-70
Knowledge, despite Evidence to the Contrary (Rodrigo Borges)....Pages 71-88
A Causal Aspect of Epistemic Basing (Robert K. Shope)....Pages 89-107
Front Matter ....Pages 109-109
The Moral Transcendental Argument against Skepticism (Linda Zagzebski)....Pages 111-128
Epistemic Humility, Defeat, and a Defense of Moderate Skepticism (Sharon Ryan)....Pages 129-143
Klein, Skepticism, Epistemic Closure, and Evidential Underdetermination (Claudio de Almeida)....Pages 145-168
Front Matter ....Pages 169-169
Finite Minds (Michael Huemer)....Pages 171-187
Finite Minds and Open Minds (Jeanne Peijnenburg, David Atkinson)....Pages 189-196
Some Notes on the Possibility of Foundationalist Justification (Sanford C. Goldberg)....Pages 197-211
A Formal Account of Epistemic Defeat (Matthew Kotzen)....Pages 213-234
Benign Infinity (Matthias Steup)....Pages 235-257
Back Matter ....Pages 259-260

✦ Subjects

Philosophy; Epistemology; Knowledge - Discourse; History of France; Popular Science in Philosophy; Classical Philosophy

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