Saving epistemology from the epistemologists
Recent work in the theory of knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adam Morton (0000-0002-9073-7529, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 685-704 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/51.4.685 |
| OpenAlex | W2087763574 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
This is a very selective survey of developments in epistemology, concentrating on work from the past twenty years that is of interest to philosophers of science. The selection is organized around interesting connections between distinct themes. I first connect issues about skepticism to issues about the reliability of belief-acquiring processes. Next I connect discussions of the defeasibility of reasons for belief to accounts of the theory-independence of evidence. Then I connect doubts about Bayesian epistemology to issues about the content of perception. The last detailed connection is between considerations of the finiteness of cognition and epistemic virtues. To connect the connections I end by briefly discussing the pressure that consideration of social roles in the transmission of belief puts on the purpose of epistemology.
Defeasible reasoning · Epistemology · Epistemology of Wikipedia · Evolutionary epistemology · Perception · Philosophy of science · Skepticism · Social epistemology · Sociology · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology
Knowledge in a Social World
Reflective equilibrium, analytic epistemology and the problem of cognitive diversity
Confirmational Holism and Bayesian Epistemology
Justified Belief and Epistemically Responsible Action
Saving the Phenomena
Ignorance
Epistemic Responsibility
Epistemology and Cognition
Knowledge and the Flow of Information
Solving the Skeptical Problem
Individualism and the Mental
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2003 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |