Skepticism: The Basics (Paperback)

Introduction Part I : Knowledge 1. Kinds of KnowledgeIntroduction: Three kinds of knowledgeIntellectualism vs. Anti-Intellectualism about know-howSummaryFurther reading2. The Tripartite Conception of KnowledgeIntroductionThe Truth ConditionThe Belief ConditionThe Justification ConditionTheories of Justification: Internalism and ExternalismSummaryFurther reading3. The Gettier ProblemIntroductionGettier’s argumentGettier’s problemIn search of the fourth condition: no false lemmasThe replacement of the justification conditionThe Gettier problem problemSummaryFurther reading Part II: Skepticism4.Inductive SkepticismIntroductionThe problem of inductionCan the principle of induction be justified a priori?The Inductive Justification of InductionThe Pragmatic Justification of InductionPopper’s Approach to the Problem of InductionSummaryFurther Reading 5. Cartesian SkepticismIntroductionThe Master Argument for Cartesian SkepticismThe Closure PrincipleDo we know that we are not brains in a vat?ContextualismSummaryFurther readings 6. Pyrrhonian SkepticismIntroductionIs Pyrrhonian skepticism self-refuting?The Infinite Regress ArgumentThe rejection of premise 2: FoundationalismThe rejection of premise 6: CoherentismThe rejection of premise 5: InfinitismThe rejection of premise 7: PositismHybrid viewsSummaryFurther readings Conclusion