Knowledge For Humans / Charlie Huenemann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huenemann, Charlie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanities.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Logan, Utah : Charlie Huenemann, 2023.

Summary:

Knowledge for Humans is a textbook aimed at introducing students to fundamental questions about knowledge and skepticism. Many topics often covered in epistemology textbooks are also covered here, such as radical Cartesian skepticism, phenomenalism, externalism, and naturalism. But the text also covers useful topics that are not usually included, such as the social conditions for knowledge, common fallacies, Bayesianism, the internet, conspiracy theories, and how we should go about arguing with one another. It's written in an easy-going style with clear examples and funny diagrams.

Contents:

Introduction

I. 1. Knowledge: The Basics

II. 2. Skepticism: A Dialogue

III. 3. The Grand Deception Doubt (Or, the GDD)

IV. 4. First Answer to the Skeptic

V. 5. Second Answer to the Skeptic

VI. 6. Scientific Knowledge

VII. 7. Social Conditions of Knowledge

VIII. 8. Knowing Our Weaknesses

IX. 9. How to Argue with Other People

X. 10. Bayesianism and What Is Likely

XI. 11. Epistemology and the Internet

XII. 12. Conspiracy Theories

Appendix.

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