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What Is Scepticism Knowledge?
7 Is a Judge of Knowledge 31 Don’t Be So Sure Shipwrecked by the Laughter of Peter Adamson on scepticism in the the Gods? history of philosophy. Roger McCann tries to identify some of the attributes of knowledge. 32 Is Scepticism Ridiculous? Michael Philips asks whether anyone THEORY 12 The Gettier Problem can really believe sceptical arguments. No Longer A Problem Lukasz Lozanski thinks Edmund 35 Sceptical Hypotheses OF Gettier was truly unjustified. & Transcendental Arguments Jonathan Barfield takes on the doubters. 14 Knowledge & Reasons KNOWLEDGE Joe Cruz gives us an evolutionary 38 Ockham, Hume epistemology. & Epistemic Wisdom William Grey submits the supernatural 18 Fashion Emergency! to a couple of sceptical razors. Marianne Janack and Michelle LaRocque on feminist epistemology. 41 How I Solved Hume’s Problem and Why Nobody Will Believe Me 22 Mathematical Knowledge: Eugene Earnshaw saves Western A Dilemma philosophy. Rui Vieira wonders if maths is really necessary. 45 G.E. Moore’s Hands Roger Caldwell is sceptical about 24 Pluralism: The Many Maps Model scepticism. Mary Midgley traces the contours of knowledge.
26 Foundations of Analytical Philosophy Dan Hutto on post-positivist philosophy.
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Gaining Scientific The Value Knowledge Knowledge of Knowledge
49 Kant & the Thing in Itself 71 Philosophy of Science: 93 Can the World Learn Wisdom? Ralph Blumenau on why things The First 2½ Millennia Nicholas Maxwell reveals the may not be what they seem to be. Will Bouwman asks what really errors of the Enlightenment. matters when studying matter. 53 Socratic Humility 98 Bertrand Russell on the Value Glenn Rawson knows why Socrates 76 Interview with John Dupré of Philosophy knew nothing. Edit Talpsepp discusses John R. Lenz considers a life of reason. the philosophy of biology. 56 Defending Humanistic Reasoning 101 Getting to Know Yourself Paul Giladi, Alexis Papazoglou 79 Philosophy of Scientific Tim B-Gray on transparency and & Giuseppina D’Oro say we need to Revolutions impending doom. recognise that science and the Anastasios Economou describes how humanities are asking and answering Thomas Kuhn changed the way we 103 The Benefits of False Beliefs different questions. think about science. Sally Latham argues that sometimes it’s better to be wrong. 59 Trusting Testimony 81 Einstein vs Logical Positivism David Fraser looks at what we can Rossen Vassilev Jr. argues that 107 Chance & Human Error learn from Jennifer Lackey’s words. modern physics has become too in Spinoza & Lucretius metaphysical. Melissa Shew investigates the 61 Kripke, Duchamp influence of doubt and error in our & the Standard Metre 84 Are There ‘Other’ Ways lives. Stuart Greenstreet measures out of Knowing? the truth. Massimo Pigliucci looks outside the 112 On ‘Useless’ Knowledge laboratory. William Tam takes pleasure in 64 Huxley’s Agnosticism knowing. Van Harvey reflects on reasons 85 Foucault’s Elephant for not believing. Thomas Morrison wonders if knowledge really is power. 67 Critical Reasoning Marianne Talbot tells us how to use 89 Is Science an Idealogy? the ultimate in transferable skills. Mike Fuller on science, philosophy and truth.
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