Epistemology : internalism and externalism / edited by Hilary Kornblith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kornblith, Hilary.

Series:

Blackwell readings in philosophy ; 2.

Blackwell readings in philosophy ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

viii, 271 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2001.

Summary:

A central focus of work in epistemology over the past twenty-five years has been the debate between internalism and externalism. At issue is the very form of an epistemological theory, and with it, competing conceptions of the epistemological enterprise. Internalists hold that the factors which make a belief justified must in some sense be internal to the agent; for example, they must be cognitively or introspectively available. Externalists deny this, holding instead that the features which make a belief justified may include such things as the reliability of the process by which the belief is formed, features which need not be available to the agent. This book brings together the essays which have defined and advanced this debate. It includes work by William P. Alston, Laurence BonJour, Earl Conee and Richard Feldman, Richard Foley, Alvin Goldman, Hilary Kornblith, Frederick Schmitt, Ernest Sosa, and Barry Stroud.

Contents:

Internalism and Externalism: A Brief Historical Introduction / Hilary Kornblith 1

1 Externalist Theories of Empirical Knowledge / Laurence BonJour 10

2 The Internalist Conception of Justification / Alvin Goldman 36

3 Internalism and Externalism in Epistemology / William P. Alston 68

4 How Internal Can You Get? / Hilary Kornblith 111

5 Understanding Human Knowledge in General / Barry Stroud 126

6 Reliabilism and Intellectual Virtue / Ernest Sosa 147

7 What Am I to Believe? / Richard Foley 163

8 Epistemic Perspectivism / Frederick Schmitt 180

9 Internalism Exposed / Alvin Goldman 207

10 Internalism Defended / Earl Conee, Richard Feldman 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-266) and index.

ISBN:

0631221050

0631221069

OCLC:

45757797