J. Adam Carter - This Is Epistemology

13 7 TESTIMONY7.1 Introduction 7.2 Reductionism and Non‐Reductionism 7.3 Testimony and Transmission 7.4 Caveat Emptor? On the Speaker's Responsibilities 7.5 Disagreement 7.6 Conclusion 7.A Appendix: Testimonial Injustice Free Internet Resources

14 8 KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Knowing‐How and Knowing‐That 8.3 Is Understanding a Species of Knowledge? 8.4 Animal and Reflective Knowledge Free Internet Resources

15 9 INTERNALISM VS. EXTERNALISM9.1 Introduction 9.2 An Early Argument for Externalism 9.3 Objections to Reliabilism and/or Externalism 9.4 Arguments for Externalism 9.5 Conclusion Free Internet Resources

16 10 THE ETHICS OF BELIEF10.1 Introduction 10.2 Plantinga's Peritrope 10.3 The Costs and Benefits of Ungrounded Belief 10.4 Ought and Ability 10.5 Ethics and Epistemology 10.6 Conclusion 10.A Appendix: When and Why the Evidence Is “Sufficient” Free Internet Resources

17 11 SKEPTICISM 11.1 Introduction 11.2 An Argument for Radical Skepticism 11.3 Moore's Proof 11.4 Sensitivity 11.5 The Explanationist Reply 11.6 A Contextualist Solution 11.7 Darker Demonology: Schaffer's Demon 11.8 New Skepticism Free Internet Resources

18 References

19 Index

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1 Chapter 1 Figure 1.1 The Supporting Justified Belief Rule tells us that we need belief...

2 Chapter 3 Figure 3.1 Adelson's Checker‐Shadow Illusion.

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