Blackwell Guide to Epistemology

John Greco is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. His essays on epistemology, moral theory, and philosophy of religion have appeared in such journals as American Philosophical Quarterly, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Metaphilosophy, and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. Ernest Sosa is Romeo Elton Professor of Natural Theology at Brown University. He is co-editor (with Jonathan Dancy) of the Companion to Epistemology (Blackwell 1993), the Companion to Metaphysics (with Jaegwon Kim, Blackwell 1994), Metaphysics: an Anthology (with Jaegwon Kim, Blackwell 1998), and Epistemology: an Anthology (with Jaegwon Kim, Blackwell 1999). He is series editor of Great Debates in Philosophy (Blackwell) and is author of Knowledge in Perspective (1993).

"An excellent guide to the central issues in epistemology. This volume will prove to be a valuable resource for the expert and non-expert alike." Stewart Cohen, Arizona State University

• Contributors viiPreface viiiIntroduction: What is Epistemology? John Greco 1Part I Traditional Problems Of Epistemology 331 Skepticism Michael Williams 352 Realism, Objectivity, and Skepticism Paul K. Moser 703 What is Knowledge? Linda Zagzebski 924 The Dialectic of Foundationalism and Coherentism Laurence BonJour 117Part II The Nature Of Epistemic Evaluation 1435 Skepticism and the Internal/External Divide Ernest Sosa 1456 In Defense of a Naturalized Epistemology Hilary Kornblith 1587 Methodological Naturalism in Epistemology Richard Feldman 1708 Contextualism: An Explanation and Defense Keith DeRose 1879 Rationality Keith Lehrer 206Part III Varieties Of Knowledge 22110 Perceptual Knowledge William Alston 22311 The A Priori George Bealer 24312 Moral Knowledge and Ethical Pluralism Robert Audi 27113 Epistemology of Religion Nicholas Wolterstorff 303Part IV New Directions 32514 Feminist Epistemology Helen E. Longino 32715 Social Epistemology Frederick Schmitt 35416 Procedural Epistemology – At the Interface of Philosophy and AI John L. Pollock 38317 Hermeneutics as Epistemology Merold Westphal 415Select Bibliography of Epistemology by Topic 436Index 451