Matthias Steup
Biographic Data
| ID | 5723028 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthias Steup |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthias |
| FAMILY NAME | Steup |
| SIGNATURE | STEUP M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0517-9639 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A Companion to Epistemology
A Companion to Epistemology, 2 Volume Set, 3rd Edition 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 f…
Noninferential Antiskepticism and the Problem of Easy Knowledge
How should epistemologists respond to skepticism about knowledge of the external world? Michael Bergmann advocates noninferential antiskepticism. The thought is that, to reply to a skeptical argument, we should start with premises that do not require inference. I argue that Bergmann’s reasoning runs into the problem of easy knowledge and propose an alternative inferential antiskepticism. This view faces the problem of vicious circularity. I agree…
Destructive defeat and justificational force
Believing intentionally
Belief control and intentionality
Empiricism, metaphysics, and voluntarism
A Companion to Epistemology
Doxastic freedom
Knowledge, truth, and duty
Harmless Naturalism
Harmless Naturalism
Book Review| July 01 2000 Harmless Naturalism: The Limits of Science and the Nature of Philosophy HARMLESS NATURALISM: THE LIMITS OF SCIENCE AND THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY. By Robert Almeder. Chicago and La Salle: Open Court, 1998. Pp. xii, 235. Matthias Steup Matthias Steup Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2000) 109 (3): 462–465. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-109-3-462 Cite Icon Cite Share Ico…
Proper and Improper Use of Cognitive Faculties
Knowledge and the State of Nature
Nature and motivation of project. Doubts answered. Plato, Pears, Hobbes, comparison with state-of-nature theory in political philosophy. Evolutionary epistemology Derivation of first condition the problem whether belief necessary. Necessary and sufficient conditions an unsuitable format. The prototypical case Need for third condition. Discussion of the Nozick - Dretske analysis Why causal theory, tracking, reliabilism all good approximations. Why…
Epistemic Justification. Essays in the Theory of Knowledge
Epistemic Justification collects twelve distinguished and influential essays in epistemology by William P. Alston taken from a body of work spanning almost two decades. They represent the gradual development of Alston's thought in epistemology.He concentrates on topics that are central to contemporary epistemology and provides a much-needed and useful map to these issues be explicitly distinguishing and interrelating concepts of justification use…
Doxastic freedom
Belief control and intentionality
Believing intentionally
Epistemic Justification. Essays in the Theory of Knowledge
Epistemic Justification collects twelve distinguished and influential essays in epistemology by William P. Alston taken from a body of work spanning almost two decades. They represent the gradual development of Alston's thought in epistemology.He concentrates on topics that are central to contemporary epistemology and provides a much-needed and useful map to these issues be explicitly distinguishing and interrelating concepts of justification use…
Empiricism, metaphysics, and voluntarism
Destructive defeat and justificational force
Proper and Improper Use of Cognitive Faculties
Knowledge and the State of Nature
Nature and motivation of project. Doubts answered. Plato, Pears, Hobbes, comparison with state-of-nature theory in political philosophy. Evolutionary epistemology Derivation of first condition the problem whether belief necessary. Necessary and sufficient conditions an unsuitable format. The prototypical case Need for third condition. Discussion of the Nozick - Dretske analysis Why causal theory, tracking, reliabilism all good approximations. Why…
Epistemic Justification. Essays in the Theory of Knowledge
Epistemic Justification collects twelve distinguished and influential essays in epistemology by William P. Alston taken from a body of work spanning almost two decades. They represent the gradual development of Alston's thought in epistemology.He concentrates on topics that are central to contemporary epistemology and provides a much-needed and useful map to these issues be explicitly distinguishing and interrelating concepts of justification use…
Proper and Improper Use of Cognitive Faculties
Harmless Naturalism
Harmless Naturalism
Book Review| July 01 2000 Harmless Naturalism: The Limits of Science and the Nature of Philosophy HARMLESS NATURALISM: THE LIMITS OF SCIENCE AND THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY. By Robert Almeder. Chicago and La Salle: Open Court, 1998. Pp. xii, 235. Matthias Steup Matthias Steup Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2000) 109 (3): 462–465. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-109-3-462 Cite Icon Cite Share Ico…
Knowledge, truth, and duty
Doxastic freedom
A Companion to Epistemology
Empiricism, metaphysics, and voluntarism
Belief control and intentionality
Believing intentionally
Destructive defeat and justificational force
Noninferential Antiskepticism and the Problem of Easy Knowledge
How should epistemologists respond to skepticism about knowledge of the external world? Michael Bergmann advocates noninferential antiskepticism. The thought is that, to reply to a skeptical argument, we should start with premises that do not require inference. I argue that Bergmann’s reasoning runs into the problem of easy knowledge and propose an alternative inferential antiskepticism. This view faces the problem of vicious circularity. I agree…
A Companion to Epistemology
A Companion to Epistemology, 2 Volume Set, 3rd Edition 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 f…
Epistemology (13 works) · Philosophy (13 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Metaphysics (6 works) · Philosophy of language (5 works) · Philosophy of science (5 works) · Doxastic logic (4 works) · Free Will and Agency (4 works) · Contemporary philosophy (3 works)