Overview
- A greatly expanded and updated second edition of an already highlyregarded advanced epistemology textbook
- Includes new coverage of religious belief and testimony
- Includes expanded coverage of epistemic value, understanding, foundationalism and the historical debates regarding scepticism
- Much improved pedagogy, including new chapter summaries
Part of the book series: Palgrave Philosophy Today (PPT)
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About this book
This advanced textbook, now in its second edition, provides an accessible overview of some of the main issues in contemporary epistemology. Written by an expert in the field, it covers such key topics as virtue epistemology, anti-luck epistemology, epistemological disjunctivism, epistemic value, understanding, radical scepticism, and contextualism. This book is ideal as a set text for an advanced undergraduate or postgraduate course in epistemology, and will also be of general interest to researchers in philosophy.
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About the author
Duncan Pritchard is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Professor Pritchard is widely recognised as one of the world's leading experts in the area of epistemology. He is the author of Epistemic Luck (2005) and Epistemological Disjunctivism (2012).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Epistemology
Authors: Duncan Pritchard
Series Title: Palgrave Philosophy Today
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-52692-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52690-8Published: 03 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52691-5Published: 02 January 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52692-2Published: 14 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2947-9339
Series E-ISSN: 2947-9347
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XII, 146
Topics: Epistemology