Epistemology modalized / Kelly Becker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Becker, Kelly, 1966-

Series:

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 4.

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Modality (Theory of knowledge).

Externalism (Philosophy of mind).

Physical Description:

x, 174 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

This book sets out first to explain how two fairly recent developments in philosophy, externalism and modalism, provide the basis for a promising account of knowledge, and then works through the different modalized epistemologies extant in the literature, assessing their strengths and weaknesses. Finally, the author proposes the theory that knowledge is reliably formed, sensitive true belief, and defends the theory against objections.

Contents:

Introduction: externalism and modalism

Externalism

Modalism

What should the theory do?

What's missing?

Process reliabilism

Goldman's causal theory

Goldman's discrimination requirement and relevant alternatives

Process reliabilism and why it is not enough

Implications for skepticism

Sensitivity

Nozick's subjunctive conditional theory of knowledge

Methods : an important refinement

Objections to nozicks theory

Safety

Motivating safety

Weak and strong safety : luck and induction

Is safety necessary for knowledge?

Luck revisited : safety requires a process reliability condition

Is reliability compatible with knowledge of the denials of skeptical hypotheses?

Knowledge : reliably formed sensitive true belief

The theory

Problems and clarifications

Closure and the value problem

Closure

The value problem.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-170) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780415956116

0415956110

OCLC:

72988249