Tell Me Something I Don’t Know: Dialogues in Epistemology

ISBN-13: 9781554813568 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 200 str.

Michael Veber

Opis

Presents a collection of original dialogues in epistemology, suitable for student readers but also of interest to experts. Familiar problems, theories, and arguments are explored: second-order knowledge, epistemic closure, the preface paradox, scepticism, pragmatic encroachment, the Gettier problem, and more.

Spis treści

• Preface: What Is This?
• 1. Why Dialogues? Author Meets Critic
• 2. Fake Barns and Knowing That You Know: Barney and Arnie Take a Ride
• 3. Epistemic Closure: Freddie and Betty at the Zoo
• 4. The Preface Paradox: Philosophy Takes a Stand
• 5. Skepticism Refuted? A Day in the Life of a BIV
• 6. Pragmatic Encroachment: Hanna and Rosana Case the Bank
• 7. The Epistemology of Disagreement: My Dinner with Ling
• 8. Yet Another Gettier Problem: Philip
• 9. The Philosophy of Philosophical Writing Revisited: Departmental Meeting
• Appendix on the Purpose and Limits of Philosophical Inquiry: Cartesian Car Care