This book is an extensive, self-contained, up-to-date study of Lehrer's epistemological work. Covering all major aspects, it contains original contributions by some of the most distinguished specialists in the field, outgoing from the latest, significantly revised version of Lehrer's theory. All basic ideas are explained in an introductory chapter. Lehrer's extensive replies in a final chapter give unique access to his current epistemological thinking.

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Preface. Introduction. The Epistemology of Keith Lehrer; E.J. Olsson. Externalism vs. Internalism. 1. Epistemology: Does it Depend on Independence? E. Sosa. 2. Why Not Reliabilism? J. Greco. 3. Justification and Proper Basing; J.L. Kvanvig. 4. Lehrer on Knowledge and Causation; T. Stewart. 5. Can we Grasp Consistency? V. Halbach. Coherence and Personal Justification. 6. Reasonable Acceptance and the Lottery Paradox: The Case for a More Credulous Consistency; G. Ross. 7. Relational Coherence and Cumulative Reasoning; C.B. Cross. 8. Lehrer Meets Ranking Theory; W. Spohn. 9. Two Dogmas of Probabilism; C.G. Wagner. Trustworthiness. 10. Lehrer, Reid, and the First of All Principles; J. Van Cleve. 11. Self-Trust and the Reasonableness of Acceptance; G.J. Mattey. 12. The Dialectic illusion of a Vicious Bootstrap; R.N. Manning. Undefeated Justification and the Gettier Problem. 13. Lehrer's Dynamic Theory of Knowledge; H. Rott. 14. Some Remarks on the Definition of Lehrer's Ultrasystem; G. Haas. 15. On Lehrer's Solution to the Gettier Prob1em; J. Rosenthal. Skepticism. 16. Skepticism, Justification and the Trustworthiness Argument; J.W. Bender. 17. Coherence, Knowledge and Skepticism; P. Klein. 18. The Ultrasystem and the Conditional Fallacy; D.A. Truncellito. 19. Coherence, Circularity and Consistency: Lehrer Replies; K. Lehrer.