An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge, 2nd Edition guides the
reader through the key issues and debates in contemporary epistemology.
Lucid, comprehensive and accessible, it is an ideal textbook for
students who are new to the subject and for university undergraduates.
The book is divided into five parts. Part I discusses the concept of
knowledge and distinguishes between different types of knowledge. Part
II surveys the sources of knowledge, considering both a priori and a
posteriori knowledge. Parts III and IV provide an in-depth discussion of
justification and scepticism. The final part of the book examines our
alleged knowledge of the past, other minds, morality and God.
In this extensively revised second edition there are expanded sections
on epistemic luck, social epistemology and contextualism, and there are
new sections on the contemporary debates concerning the lottery paradox,
pragmatic encroachment, peer disagreement, safety, sensitivity and
virtue epistemology.
Engaging examples are used throughout the book, many taken from
literature and the cinema. Complex issues, such as those concerning the
private language argument, non-conceptual content, and the new riddle of
induction, are explained in a clear and accessible way. This textbook is
an invaluable guide to contemporary epistemology.
