Epistemology modalized / Kelly Becker.

Author/creator Becker, Kelly, 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2007.
Descriptionx, 174 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesRoutledge 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [165]-170) and indexes.
LCCN 2006033279
ISBN9780415956116 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN0415956110 (hardback : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BD161 .B39 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold