文档介绍：Epistemology
SUNY series in Philosophy
e R. Lucas Jr., editor
Epistemology
An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge
Nicholas Rescher
State University of New York
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rescher, Nicholas.
Epistemology : an introduction to the theory of knowledge / Nicholas
Rescher.
p. cm. —(SUNY series in philosophy)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7914-5811-3 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-5812-1 (pbk. : alk.
paper)
1. Knowledge, Theory of. I. Title. II. Series
BD161R477 2003
121—dc21
2003057270
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Contents
Preface xi
Introduction xiii
KNOWLEDGE AND ITS PROBLEMS
Chapter 1: Modes of Knowledge 3
IS KNOWLEDGE TRUE JUSTIFIED BELIEF?3
MODES OF (PROPOSITIONAL) KNOWLEDGE 7
OTHER BASIC PRINCIPLES 10
Chapter 2: Fallibilism and Truth Estimation 15
PROBLEMSOFMETAKNOWLEDGE16
THE PREFACE PARADOX 19
THE DIALLELUS 22
AN APORY AND ITS RECONCILIATION:
K-DESTABILIZATION 23
COSTS AND BENEFITS 26
MORE ON FALLIBILISM 27
PARATIVE FRAGILITY OF SCIENCE:
LAIMSASMEREESTIMATES30
FALLIBILISM AND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN
OUR (PUTATIVE) TRUTH AND THE REAL TRUTH 34
Chapter 3: Skepticism and Its Deficits 37
THE SKEPTIC’S “NO CERTAINTY”ARGUMENT 37
THE ROLE OF CERTAINTY 39
THE CERTAINTY OF LOGIC VERSU