Jeremy Fantl - Contemporary Epistemology: An Anthology

Edited by

Jeremy Fantl
Matthew McGrath
Ernest Sosa

Each volume in this outstanding series provides an authoritative and comprehensive collection of the essential primary readings from philosophys main fields of study. Designed to complement the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series, each volume represents an unparalleled resource in its own right, and will provide the ideal platform for course use.

1. Cottingham: Western Philosophy: An Anthology (second edition)
2. Cahoone: From Modernism to Postmodernism: An Anthology (expanded second edition)
3. LaFollette: Ethics in Practice: An Anthology (third edition)
4. Goodin and Pettit: Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology (second edition)
5. Eze: African Philosophy: An Anthology
6. McNeill and Feldman: Continental Philosophy: An Anthology
7. Kim and Sosa: Metaphysics: An Anthology
8. Lycan and Prinz: Mind and Cognition: An Anthology (third edition)
9. Kuhse and Singer: Bioethics: An Anthology (second edition)
10. Cummins and Cummins: Minds, Brains, and Computers The Foundations of Cognitive Science: An Anthology
11. Sosa, Kim, Fantl, and McGrath Epistemology: An Anthology (second edition)
12. Kearney and Rasmussen: Continental Aesthetics Romanticism to Postmodernism: An Anthology
13. Martinich and Sosa: Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology
14. Jacquette: Philosophy of Logic: An Anthology
15. Jacquette: Philosophy of Mathematics: An Anthology
16. Harris, Pratt, and Waters: American Philosophies: An Anthology
17. Emmanuel and Goold: Modern Philosophy From Descartes to Nietzsche: An Anthology
18. Scharff and Dusek: Philosophy of Technology The Technological Condition: An Anthology
19. Light and Rolston: Environmental Ethics: An Anthology
20. Taliaferro and Griffiths: Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology
21. Lamarque and Olsen: Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art The Analytic Tradition: An Anthology
22. John and Lopes: Philosophy of Literature Contemporary and Classic Readings: An Anthology
23. Cudd and Andreasen: Feminist Theory: A Philosophical Anthology
24. Carroll and Choi: Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures: An Anthology
25. Lange: Philosophy of Science: An Anthology
26. ShaferLandau and Cuneo: Foundations of Ethics: An Anthology
27. Curren: Philosophy of Education: An Anthology
28. ShaferLandau: Ethical Theory: An Anthology
29. Cahn and Meskin: Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology
30. McGrew, AlspectorKelly and Allhoff: The Philosophy of Science: An Historical Anthology
31. May: Philosophy of Law: Classic and Contemporary Readings
32. Rosenberg and Arp: Philosophy of Biology: An Anthology
33. Kim, Korman, and Sosa: Metaphysics: An Anthology (second edition)
34. Martinich and Sosa: Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology (second edition)
35. ShaferLandau: Ethical Theory: An Anthology (second edition)
36. Hetherington: Metaphysics and Epistemology: A Guided Anthology
37. Scharff and Dusek: Philosophy of Technology The Technological Condition: An Anthology (second edition)
38. LaFollette: Ethics in Practice: An Anthology (fourth edition)
39. Davis: Contemporary Moral and Social Issues: An Introduction through Original Fiction, Discussion, and Readings
40. Dancy and Sandis: Philosophy of Action: An Anthology
41. Fantl, McGrath, and Sosa: Contemporary Epistemology: An Anthology

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Names: Fantl, Jeremy, editor. | McGrath, Matthew, editor. | Sosa, Ernest, editor.
Title: Contemporary epistemology : an anthology / edited by Jeremy Fantl, Matthew McGrath, Ernest Sosa.
Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2018. | Series: Blackwell philosophy anthologies; 41 | Includes index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2018025092 (print) | LCCN 2018035283 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119420781 (Adobe PDF) | ISBN 9781119420798 (ePub) | ISBN 9781119420774 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781119420804 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Knowledge, Theory of.
Classification: LCC BD143 (ebook) | LCC BD143 .C658 2018 (print) | DDC 121dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018025092

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Contemporary epistemology is a vibrant and wideranging field within philosophy. Some anthologies, including our earlier effort, Epistemology: An Anthology, aim at giving the reader more or less comprehensive access to influential works across the field. This anthology takes a different approach. It covers a set of interrelated topics which, taken together, comprise the materials for a unified course in epistemology, suitable either for graduate students or upperlevel undergraduates.