The Epistemology of Belief
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The Epistemology of Belief

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The Epistemology of Belief

About this book

This book offers a challenge to certain epistemic features of belief, resulting in a unified and coherent picture of the epistemology of belief. The author examines current ideas in a number of areas, beginning with the truth-directed nature of belief in the context of the so-called 'Moore's paradoxes'. He then investigates the sensitivity of beliefs to evidence by exploring how sensory experiences can confer justifications on the beliefs they give rise to, and provides an account of the basing relation problem. The consequences of these arguments are carefully considered, particularly the issues involving the problem of easy knowledge and warrant transmission. Finally, he focuses on the purported fallibility of beliefs and our knowledge of their contents, arguing that the fallible/infallible distinction is best understood in terms of externalist/internalist conceptions of knowledge, and that the thesis of content externalism does not threaten the privileged character of self-knowledge.

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Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9780230201460
eBook ISBN
9780230584471
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Epistemology in Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 Truth and the Aim of Belief
  6. 2 Belief, Interpretation and Moore's Paradox
  7. 3 Belief, Sensitivity and Safety
  8. 4 Basic Beliefs and the Problem of Non-doxastic Justification
  9. 5 Experience as Reason for Beliefs
  10. 6 The Problem of the Basing Relation
  11. 7 Basic Beliefs, Easy Knowledge and the Problem of Warrant Transfer
  12. 8 Belief, Justification and Fallibility
  13. 9 Knowledge of our Beliefs and Privileged Access
  14. Notes
  15. References
  16. Index