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Title

Pyrrhonian reflections on knowledge and justification.

Author

Fogelin, Robert J.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Description

xiii, 238 pages; 23 cm

Subject

• Justification (Theory of knowledge)
• Skepticism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN

0195089871

LCCN

93040068

OCLC

• 29219631
• ocm29219631

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries