Handbook of epistemology / edited by Ilkka Niiniluoto, Matti Sintonen, and Jan Woleński.

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2004], ©2004.

xi, 1,052 pages ; 25 cm

Introduction: The history of epistemology / Jan Woleński -- 1. Perception and consciousness / Robert Audi -- 2. Testimony: Knowing through being told / Elizabeth Fricker -- 3. Reason and rationality / Richard Samuels, Stephen Stich, and Luc Faucher -- 4. Learning theory and epistemology / Kevin Kelly -- 5. Scientific discovery / Matti Sintonen and Mika Kiikeri -- 6. Belief revision from an epistemological point of view / Sven Ove Hansson -- 7. The analysis of knowing / Robert Shope -- Theories of truth / Marian David -- 9. Realism / Susan Haack -- 10. Antirealism and the roles of truth / Göran Sundholm -- 11. Theories of justification / Markus Lammenranta -- 12. Belief and acceptance / Paul Weirich -- 13. Induction / Ilkka Niiniluoto -- 14. Scientific knowledge / Paul Humphreys -- 15. Mathematical knowledge / Roman Murawski -- 16. Knowledge in the humanities and social sciences / Joseph Margolis -- Self-knowledge / Tom Stoneham -- 18. The epistemology of religious belief / Keith Yandell -- 19. Knowledge and semantic competence / Kent Johnson and Ernie Lepore -- 20. Naturalism and evolutionary epistemologies / Michael Bradie -- 21. Relativism / Harvey Siegel -- 22. Analytic vs. synthetic and a priori vs. a posteriori / Jan Woleński -- 23. Epistemology and cognitive science / Frederick Schmitt -- 24. Sociology of scientific knowledge / David Bloor -- 25. Epistemic logic / Wolfgang Lenzen -- 26. Knowledge and art / David Novitz -- 27. Feminist epistemology / Kathleen Lennon.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.