For those working in Epistemology dizzying questions such as the following arise:

- When are beliefs rational, or justified?

- How should we update our beliefs in the light of new evidence?

- Is it possible to gain knowledge, or justification?

- How do we know what we know, and why do we care about whether--and what--others know?

- How can the exploration of pre-Socratic philosophical questions about knowledge assist with the design of twenty-first-century computer interfaces?

Addressing the need for an authoritative and...

Thinking Independently is a philosophy anthology designed to serve all three of the main purposes of an introductory philosophy course:
(1) it familiarizes students with some of the great works and ideas in the history of philosophy
(2) it helps students learn how to discern and evaluate the arguments that are contained in texts
(3) it shows students how even the most abstract philosophical questions can arise in the course of reflection about how to live our lives.
The readings are arranged to constitute a single coherent narrative thread through the course the issues...

Epistemology is one of the oldest, yet still one of the most active, areas of philosophical research today. There currently exists many annotated tomes of primary sources, and a handful of single-authored introductions to the field, but there is no book that captures epistemology's dynamic growth and lively debates for a student audience. In this volume, eight leading philosophers debate four topics central to recent research in epistemology:

• The A Priori: C. S. I. Jenkins and Michael Devitt
• The A Posteriori: Richard Fumerton and Nicholas Silins
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Epistemology is one of the oldest, yet still one of the most active, areas of philosophical research today. There currently exists many annotated tomes of primary sources, and a handful of single-authored introductions to the field, but there is no book that captures epistemology's dynamic growth and lively debates for a student audience. In this volume, eight leading philosophers debate four topics central to recent research in epistemology:

• The A Priori: C. S. I. Jenkins and Michael Devitt
• The A Posteriori: Richard Fumerton and Nicholas Silins
...