The Sensitivity Principle in Epistemology

Herausgeber: Becker, Kelly; Black, Tim

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides new thinking on the compelling subject of 'sensitivity' - a principle typically characterized as a necessary condition for knowledge.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9781107004238
• ISBN-10: 1107004233
• Artikelnr.: 35486750

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The resilience of sensitivity Kelly Becker and Tim Black
Part I. Defenses, Applications, Explications: 2. Nozick's defense of closure Peter Baumann
3. Sensitivity meets explanation: an improved counterfactual condition on knowledge Peter Murphy and Tim Black
4. Sensitivity from others Sanford Goldberg
5. Knowledge, cognitive dispositions and conditionals Lars Bo Gundersen
6. Methods and how to individuate them Kelly Becker
Part II. Criticism: 7. Truth-tracking and the value of knowledge Jonathan Kvanvig
8. The enduring trouble with tracking Jonathan Vogel
9. What makes knowledge the most highly prized form of true belief? Peter Klein
Part III. In Favor of Safety over Sensitivity: 10. In defence of modest anti-luck epistemology Duncan Pritchard
11. Better safe than sensitive John Greco
12. False negatives Steven Luper
Part IV. Sensitivity without Subjunctives: 13. Roush on knowledge: tracking redux Anthony Brueckner
14. Sensitivity and closure Sherrilyn Roush.