Table of Contents

1: Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge

2: The Challenge of Skepticism

3: Contextualism

4: Warrant as Justification

5: Justification, Defeaters, and Basing

6: Externalist Theories of Warrant

7: Epistemic Evaluation

8: A New Theory of Knowledge, Part 1: The Desiderata and Non-Human Knowledge

9. A New Theory of Knowledge Part 2: Human Knowledge

Bibliography

About the Author

Ian Evans is a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Arizona. Nicholas D. Smith is James F. Miller Professor of Humanities at Lewis and Clark College. His many books include Socratic Moral Psychology and Plato's Socrates.

Reviews

"An extremely accessible and up-to-date introduction to epistemology that canvasses a host of epistemological hot topics." Metascience "This book is a much needed up-to-date introduction to the central issues in epistemology. Its lucid and lively prose is ideal for introducing students to the concerns of the epistemological vanguard." Stewart Cohen, University of Arizona "In this eminently readable book, Evans and Smith provide the most up-to-date introduction to the analysis of knowledge on the market. If you want to be on top of current and future trends in epistemology, read this book." Peter Graham, University of California Riverside "This is a fine introduction to epistemology. Well informed, interesting, and clearly written, it makes recent debates lucidly accessible to beginners." Ernest Sosa, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey "Detailed, subtle, and sophisticated, this book does an excellent job discussing many of the central issues in traditional epistemology." Jennifer Lackey, Northwestern University