Pyrrhonian reflections on knowledge and justification / Robert J. Fogelin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fogelin, Robert J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justification (Theory of knowledge).

Skepticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work examines contemporary theories in knowledge and justification. It presents an analysis of ordinary knowledge claims, showing that they are philosophically unproblematical. It then asks whether theories of justification meet the challenges raised by Empiricus' "Outlines of Pyrrhonism".

Contents:

Introduction: Philosophical Skepticism and Pyrrhonism

Ch. 1. Gettier Problems. Gettier's Formulation. Gettier's Reasons for Accepting His First Point. Gettier's Understanding of Justification. A Second Interpretation of Justification. The Gettier Problems and Nonmonotonicity. Variations on the Gettier Problems. Epistemic Responsibility

Ch. 2. Fourth-Clause Theories. Analyses of Knowledge. Indefeasibility Theories

Ch. 3. Externalism. The Attraction of Externalism. BonJour against the Reliabilists. Externalist Grounds. Goldman and Causal Theories of Knowing. The Move to the Subjunctive

Ch. 4. Subjunctivism and Subjunctivitis. Conclusive Reasons. Subjunctivism. Subjunctivitis. Subjunctive Conditionals and Possible Worlds. Nozick against the "Skeptics" The Failure of Epistemic Closure. Nozick against the Skeptics. Dretske against Epistemic Closure

Ch. 5. Epistemic Grace. Justificatory Procedures. Doubts. Levels of Scrutiny. Is There a Fact of the Matter in Knowing? It's Hard to Say.

Appendix A. The Lottery Paradox and the Preface Paradox. The Lottery Paradox. The Preface Paradox. The Conjunction Principle for Knowledge

Ch. 6. Agrippa and the Problem of Epistemic Justification. The Problem. Success Conditions on Theories of Justification. Theories of Epistemic Justification

Ch. 7. Foundationalism. Forms of Foundationalism. Chisholm's Version of Foundationalism. Levels of Justification. Certainty and the Self-Presenting. Presumptions. The Transfer of Justification. Material Epistemic Principles

Ch. 8. Internal Coherentism. BonJour's Version of Coherentism. Standards of Coherence. Immediate Problems. The Doxastic Presumption. Standard Objections to Coherentism. Coherence and Observation. The Multiple-Choice Problem. Justification and Truth. An Assessment. Lehrer and the Isolation Objection

Ch. 9. External Coherentism. Davidson's Version of Coherentism. The Nature of Coherence. Truth. The Skeptical Challenge. Sensation and Belief. Meaning and Justification.

The Fundamental Argument. The Golden Triangle. Davidson's Externalist Semantics. The Problem of Error. The Cartesian Skeptic's Reply. The Pyrrhonian Skeptic's Reply

Ch. 10. Pyrrhonism. Neo-Pyrrhonism. Again, Is There a Fact of the Matter in Knowing? The Pyrrhonist's Use of Epistemic Terms. Is Skepticism Statable? A Temporary Stopping Point

Appendix B. Two Wittgensteins. Turning Things Around. Holism. Publicity. Action.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-229) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-44159-3

9786610441594

0-19-802505-X

1-4237-6501-X

OCLC:

191827174