Epistemology modalized / Kelly Becker.
| Author/creator | Becker, Kelly, 1966- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2007. |
| Description | x, 174 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 4 Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy 4. ^A529021 |
| Contents | Introduction: externalism and modalism -- Externalism -- Modalism -- What should the theory do? -- What's missing? -- Process reliabilism -- Goldman's causal theory -- Goldman's discrimination requirement and relevant alternatives -- Process reliabilism and why it is not enough -- Implications for skepticism -- Sensitivity -- Nozick's subjunctive conditional theory of knowledge -- Methods : an important refinement -- Objections to nozicks theory -- Safety -- Motivating safety -- Weak and strong safety : luck and induction -- Is safety necessary for knowledge? -- Luck revisited : safety requires a process reliability condition -- Is reliability compatible with knowledge of the denials of skeptical hypotheses? -- Knowledge : reliably formed sensitive true belief -- The theory -- Problems and clarifications -- Closure and the value problem -- Closure -- The value problem. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-170) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2006033279 |
| ISBN | 9780415956116 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415956110 (hardback : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | BD161 .B39 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |