Epistemology: An Anthology by Ernest Sosa (PDF)

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New and thoroughly updated, Epistemology: An Anthology continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in the theory of knowledge. Concentrates on the central topics of the field, such as skepticism and the Pyrrhonian problematic, the definition of knowledge, and the structure of epistemic justification Offers coverage of more specific topics, such as foundationalism vs coherentism, and virtue epistemology Presents wholly new sections on ‘Testimony, Memory, and Perception’ and ‘The Value of Knowledge’ Features modified sections on ‘The Structure of Knowledge and Justification’, ‘The Non-Epistemic in Epistemology’, and ‘The Nature of the Epistemic’ Includes many of the most important contributions made in recent decades by several outstanding authors

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Editorial Reviews: Review “This carefully conceived collection puts together the key articles in a comprehensive range of topics. With a restructured table of contents and many new articles, the second edition supplies the reader with the full range of recent, cutting edge, developments. An ideal text for teaching contemporary epistemology, it will prove to be an indispensable volume.” Matthias Steup, St Cloud State University “This excellent anthology contains outstanding papers written on both traditional and cutting edge issues in epistemology. Every major topic and every major approach to those topics is covered through selections representing many of the most influential figures in contemporary analytic epistemology. It is without doubt the best text of its kind.” Richard Fumerton, University of Iowa From the Inside Flap The simplest questions are never so simple. “What is knowledge?” has been pondered for millennia – and continues to engage the most brilliant philosophical minds. With all central topics in the field included – skepticism, the definition and structure of knowledge, the nature of epistemic justification, and many more – Epistemology: An Anthology continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in the theory of knowledge. In addition to including all-new sections on Epistemic Closure and Testimony, Memory, and Perception; the editors have updated many of the sections from the first edition by adding new selections on the value of knowledge, sensitive invariantism, and epistemic relativism among other topics.Striking an excellent balance between traditional theories and cutting edge contemporary methodologies, Epistemology: An Anthology is an essential compendium for all philosophers concerned with the latest developments in the theory of knowledge. From the Back Cover The simplest questions are never so simple. “What is knowledge?” has been pondered for millennia – and continues to engage the most brilliant philosophical minds. With all central topics in the field included – skepticism, the definition and structure of knowledge, the nature of epistemic justification, and many more – Epistemology: An Anthology continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in the theory of knowledge. In addition to including all-new sections on Epistemic Closure and Testimony, Memory, and Perception; the editors have updated many of the sections from the first edition by adding new selections on the value of knowledge, sensitive invariantism, and epistemic relativism among other topics.Striking an excellent balance between traditional theories and cutting edge contemporary methodologies, Epistemology: An Anthology is an essential compendium for all philosophers concerned with the latest developments in the theory of knowledge. About the Author Ernest Sosa is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is the author of Knowledge in Perspective (1991) and A Virtue Epistemology (2007), and co-editor (with John Greco) of The Blackwell Guide to Epistemology (1999) and other texts. Jaegwon Kim has taught at Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Michigan. He is currently the William Perry Faunce Professor of Philosophy at Brown University. He has authored and edited several philosophical texts, including Supervenience and the Mind (1993) and Physicalism, or Something Near Enough (2005).Jeremy Fantl is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Calgary. He and Matthew McGrath are writing a book entitled Pragmatic Encroachment in Epistemology.Matthew McGrath is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is the author of Between Deflationism and the Correspondence Theory (2000) and is co-authoring Pragmatic Encroachment in Epistemology with Jeremy Fantl. Read more

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⭐I did a rough calculation, and determined the word count of this megalith to be ~716,000 words (not including reference pages and notes). If you were to print this book with the same font size and page size of that used to print the Harry Potter books, this book would be ~3000 pages long.Do with this information what you will.

⭐Great anthology. Some essays are missing. But, over all comprehensive.

⭐Not easy material and not a lot of insightful commentary. This is the textbook a survey course in Epistomology – Phil 122 Berkeley Fall 2013. I can’t imagine anyone reading it outside of a class or getting much out of it if they did.

⭐Purchased with another account, so far I like this book because it challenges some of the “classic” works of Epistemology, which we often wrongly assume are somehow flawless in their reasoning and their underlying assumptions. Great food for thought.

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⭐The most horrible book about epistemology. Impossible to decipher. No practical use what so ever. I’m burning it. I may post a picture of its ashes.

⭐Originally published in 2000 and edited by Ernst Sosa and Jaegwon Kim, `Epistemology: An Anthology’ is an instalment in the Blackwell Philosophical Anthologies Series. The text includes over 40 previously published essays from leading contemporary epistemologists on a range of issues, such as, knowledge, justification, naturalized epistemology and scepticism.The contributors to this volume represent a virtue who’s who of leading contemporary epistemologists; Goldman, Bonjour, Kim, Alston, Plantinga, etc. While this is an excellent collection it is not an introductory text. The essays are likely to be of most interest to academic philosophers, or grad students, with a high level of subject matter knowledge. From a physical perspective the font is small and at over 900 pages the book can be difficult to use.Readers seeking a broader discussion of epistemology may be better served by a text such as `Epistemology: the Big Questions’ (some overlap with this collection but also containing some historic and introductory essays) or perhaps even a general introductory text with a section on epistemology, such as’ Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings’ edited by Pojman.Overall, this is a handy collection of important papers. I recommend it for serious students of epistemology. Potential readers are advised to review the table of contents prior to purchase – many of these essays have been published in various mediums.

⭐I have a general interest in philosophy and bought this becuase it contains most of the papers discussed in a general introduction to epistomology I bought to get me started. This anthology was in my local university book shop so I guessed it was used in the undergraduate course in philosophy.It covers all the expected topics – skepticism, justification, what is knowledge, the value of knowledge, as well as having a section on memory and perception. The editors provide clear and not-too-technical commentaries on each section/paper. One month post-purchase, I feel I have understood the papers on skepticism (the first section) – although it was hard work and the internet helped along with my introductory text (mentioned above). Rewarding.

⭐Good value and a most valuable selection

⭐perfect, would buy again

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