Basic Belief and Basic Knowledge: Papers in Epistemology

Published by De Gruyter 2005

Basic Belief and Basic Knowledge

Papers in Epistemology

Edited by: René van Woudenberg , Sabine Roeser and Ron Rood

Volume 4 in the series Philosophische Forschung / Philosophical Research

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110327519

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About this book

Over the last two decades foundationalism has been severely criticized. In response to this various alternatives to it have been advanced, notably coherentism. At the same time new versions of foundationalism were crafted, that were claimed to be immune to the earlier criticisms. This volume contains 12 papers in which various aspects of this dialectic are covered. A number of papers continue the trend to defend foundationalism, and foundationalism's commitment to basic beliefs and basic knowledge, against various attacks. Others aim to show that one important objection against coherentism, viz. that the notion of 'coherence' is too vague to be useful, can be countered.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Part I: Basic Belief and Basic Knowledge General Issues
Intuitive Knowledge Reconsidered René van Woudenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Foundationalism Strikes Back? In Search of Epistemically Basic Mental States Bence Nanay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Basic Beliefs, Coherence, and Bootstrap Confirmation Igor Douven Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Part II Areas of Basic Belief and Basic Knowledge
A: Mathematics and Philosophy
On the status of axioms in mathematics Ron Rood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Mathematical Knowledge. A Defence of Modest and Sober Platonism Bob Hale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
A Trilemma for Philosophical Knowledge Steven D. Hales Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
B: Religious Belief
Defeaters and the Basicality of Theistic Belief Christian B. Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Reforming Reformed Epistemology Duncan Pritchard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Why basic theistic belief is probably not warranted, even if it is true Christian Weidemann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
C: Morals, Testimony, and Proprioception
Defending Moral Intuition Sabine Roeser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Basic Beliefs, Testimony, and Blind-Trust David Eng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Proprioception as Basic Knowledge of the Body Andy Hamilton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
About the Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Main content: 300
Keywords: Erkenntnistheorie

eBook

Published: May 2, 2013
ISBN: 9783110327519

Hardcover

Published: January 15, 2005
ISBN: 9783110327274