What is This Thing Called Knowledge?

✍ Scribed by Duncan Pritchard

• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 201
• Edition: annotated edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

What is Knowledge? Where does it come from? Can we know anything at all? This lucid and engaging introduction grapples with these central questions in the theory of knowledge, offering a clear, non-partisan view of the main themes of epistemology including recent developments such as virtue epistemology and contextualism. Duncan Pritchard discusses traditional issues and contemporary ideas in thirteen easily digestible sections, including: the value of knowledge the structure of knowledge virtues and faculties perception testimony and memory induction scepticism. What is this thing called Knowledge? contains many helpful student-friendly features including study questions, annotated further reading, a glossary and a guide to web resources. Clear and interesting examples are used throughout.  This is an ideal first textbook in the theory of knowledge for undergraduates taking a first course in philosophy.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedications......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
HOW TO USE THE BOOK......Page 12
PART I: WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE?......Page 14
1. SOME PRELIMINARIES......Page 16
2. THE VALUE OF KNOWLEDGE......Page 24
3. DEFINING KNOWLEDGE......Page 34
4. THE STRUCTURE OF KNOWLEDGE......Page 46
5. RATIONALITY......Page 58
6. VIRTUES AND FACULTIES......Page 74
PART II: WHERE DOES KNOWLEDGE COME FROM?......Page 88
7. PERCEPTION......Page 90
8. TESTIMONY AND MEMORY......Page 102
9. A PRIORITY AND INFERENCE......Page 114
10. THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION......Page 126
PART III: DO WE KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL?......Page 138
11. SCEPTICISM ABOUT OTHER MINDS......Page 140
12. RADICAL SCEPTICISM......Page 150
13. TRUTH AND OBJECTIVITY......Page 166
GENERAL FURTHER READING......Page 176
GLOSSARY......Page 180
INDEX......Page 198