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KURT SYLVAN is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. Specializing in epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of practical reason, he has published extensively in leading journals such as Philosophical Review, Mind, and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. His research focuses on foundational questions about knowledge and the ethics of belief. JONATHAN DANCY is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Known for his influential work in epistemology, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of practical reason, Dancy is the author of several foundational books in ethics and epistemology, including Contemporary Epistemology, Ethics without Principles, and Practical Reality. ERNEST SOSA is Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He previously taught at Brown University for more than forty years. A pioneer in virtue epistemology and inventor of telic virtue epistemology, Sosa has authored many influential books on knowledge and belief, including Judgement and Agency and Epistemic Explanations. MATTHIAS STEUP is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has published influential articles on the structure of justification, internalism vs. externalism, doxastic control, and the ethics of belief. He is co-editor of Wiley Blackwell's Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, Third Edition.

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A Companion to Epistemology provides a comprehensive, up-to-date reference for understanding the theory of knowledge. Edited by distinguished scholars, this expanded third edition explores classic questions about knowledge and justified belief alongside contemporary topics such as social and political epistemology, the ethics of belief, and the epistemology of perception. With contributions from established and younger voices in the field, each entry offers insights into key issues, definitions, and debates, creating a rich resource for both introductory and advanced exploration. Extending its reach with critical coverage of emerging and underexplored areas, this third edition contains more than 50 new survey articles and an updated "Epistemology A-Z" glossary containing hundreds of entries. It also brings in wider perspectives, covering classical Indian and Islamic epistemology and featuring new entries on historical and present-day women philosophers, for example. With clear explanations and thoughtful analysis, the Companion captures the diversity and relevance of epistemology today. Ideal for undergraduate and graduate students studying philosophy, cognitive science, or ethics, A Companion to Epistemology is also an indispensable reference for educators, scholars, and researchers. Its accessible yet thorough structure makes it a valuable addition to any academic collection, supporting coursework, independent study, and advanced research.

Inhalt

Volume 1

Notes on Contributors ix

Preface to the Third Edition xiv

Preface to the Second Edition xvi

Preface to the First Edition xvii

Section 1 Historical and Cross-Cultural Epistemology 1

1 Ancient Greek and Roman Epistemology 3

Natalie Hannan and Katja Maria Vogt

2 Plato's Epistemology 19

Jessica Moss

3 Empiricism in Aristotle 27

Marc Gasser-Wingate

4 Conceptions of Knowledge in Classical Chinese Philosophy 32

Hui-Chieh

Loy and Daryl Ooi

5 Sanskrit Epistemology 43

Nilanjan Das

6 Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy 65

Anthony Booth

7 Early Modern Epistemology 75

Jennifer Smalligan Maruic

8.1 Descartes's Clarity-First Epistemology 86

Elliot Samuel Paul

8.2 Descartes's Method for Achieving Knowledge 92

Elliot Samuel Paul

9 Kant on Truth and Its Source in Reason 99

Alexandra Newton

10 Early Analytic Epistemology 111

Mathieu Marion

11 Continental Epistemology 128

Linda Martín Alcoff

12 African Epistemology 133

Paul O. Irikefe

13 Cross-Linguistic

Studies in Epistemology 144

Davide Fassio and Jie Gao

Section 2 Major Traditional Topics 153

14 The Analysis of Knowledge 155

J. Adam Carter

15 Internalism and Externalism 167

Juan Comesaña

16 The Structure of Justification 177

Ali Hasan

17 The Epistemic Basing Relation 188

Ram Neta

18 Induction 197

Gilbert Harman

19 Problems of Induction 202

Laurence BonJour

20 Bayesian Epistemology 207

Alan Hájek and Stephan Hartmann

21 Defeat 219

Mona Simion

22 Scepticism 230

Genia Schönbaumsfeld

23 Conservatism and the Problem of Easy Knowledge 241

Matthias Steup

24 The A Priori: What's It All About? 254

Carrie Jenkins

25 Self-Knowledge 264

Sophie Keeling

26 Intuition 277

Jennifer Nado

27 The Epistemology of Memory 288

Carlos Montemayor

28 Knowing from Words: In Defense of Cautious Optimism 299

Arindam Chakrabarti

29 Other Minds 315

Akeel Bilgrami

30 Experience and the Foundations of Perceptual Knowledge 320

Kurt Sylvan

31.1 Practical Knowledge 1: Main Themes 337

Lucy Campbell

31.2 Practical Knowledge 2: Main Accounts 343

Lucy Campbell

32 The Epistemology of Religious Belief 349

Alvin Plantinga

33 Evidentialism 354

Giada Fratantonio

34 Reliabilism 367

Alvin Goldman

35 Sosa's Epistemology in Perspective 376

Kurt Sylvan and J. Adam Carter

36 Responsibilism in Virtue Epistemology 392

Heather D. Battaly

37 Knowledge-First

Epistemology 403

Timothy Williamson

38 Feminist Conceptions of Objectivity 413

Heidi Grasswick

Section 3 Recent and Emerging Topics 421

39 Pragmatic Encroachment 423

Jessica Brown

40 Understanding 432

Alison Hills

41 Inquiry in Epistemology: Doxastic Attitudes as Zetetic Attitudes 439

Jane Friedman

42 The Epistemology of Attention 450

Catharine Saint-Croix

43 The Epistemology of Skills 461

Carlotta Pavese

44 The Epistemology of Modality 472

Anand J. Vaidya and Michael Wallner

45 Agent Functionalism 483

Christoph Kelp

46 The Ethics of Belief 494

Rima Basu

47 Permissivism 504

Julia Smith

48 Epistemic Reasons 517

Errol Lord

49 Disagreement 529

Peter Brössel and Anna-Maria

Asunta Eder

50 Probabilistic Opinion Pooling 537

Xueyin (Snow) Zhang

51 Convergence to the Truth 545

Hanti Lin

52 Testimony 552

Guy Longworth

53 Testimonial Injustice and the Nature of Epistemic Injustice 557

Emily Coleen McWilliams

54 Political Epistemologies 569

Kristie Dotson and Ezgi Sertler

55 Standpoint Epistemology and the Epistemology of Deference 584

Emily Tilton and Briana Toole

56 Vice Epistemology 595

Alessandra Tanesini

57 Ideology 605

Quassim Cassam

Index 616

Volume 2

Notes on Contributors xiv

Preface to the Third Edition xxv

Preface to the Second Edition xxvii

Preface to the First Edition xxviii

A-Z of Epistemology 1-760

Index 761