Introduction to Philosophy

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barnett, Brian C., editor.

Hendricks, Christina, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanities--Textbooks.

Humanities.

Philosophy--Textbooks.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Rebus Community [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Introduction to Philosophy: Epistemology engages first-time philosophy readers on a guided tour through the core concepts, questions, methods, arguments, and theories of epistemology—the branch of philosophy devoted to the study of knowledge. The book progresses systematically while placing key ideas and thinkers in historical and contemporary context. Central topics include the analysis of knowledge, the nature of epistemic justification, rationalism vs. empiricism, skepticism, the value of knowledge, the ethics of belief, Bayesian epistemology, social epistemology, and feminist epistemologies.

Contents:

I. Traditional Epistemology

1. The Analysis of Knowledge

2. Epistemic Justification

3. Sources of Knowledge: Rationalism, Empiricism, and the Kantian Synthesis

4. Skepticism

II. Expanded Epistemology

5. Epistemic Value, Duty, and Virtue

6. Epistemology, Probability, and Science

7. Social Epistemology

8. Feminist Epistemologies

Notes:

Description based on print resource