Mainstream and Formal Epistemology
Mainstream and Formal Epistemology
Mainstream and Formal Epistemology provides the first, easily accessible, yet erudite and original analysis of the meeting point between mainstream and formal theories of knowledge. These two strands of thinking have traditionally proceeded in isolation from one another, but in this book, Vincent F. Hendricks brings them together for a systematic comparative treatment. He demonstrates how mainstream and formal epistemology may significantly benefit from one another, paving the way for a new unifying program of “plethoric” epistemology. His book will both define and further the debate between philosophers from two very different sides of the epistemological spectrum.
- Provides the first systematic analysis of the meeting point between mainstream and formal epistemology
- Provides a highway for new contacts between philosophy and its broader intellectual environment
- Applies important work in logic and computability theory to fundamental epistemological questions
Reviews & endorsements
"Hendricks has succeeded in writing a very useful book mending bridges across areas of inquiry that used to be deeply interrelated in the not so distant past, but that in recent years have come apart. The book is written in a very accessible and terse style, avoiding both notational and dialectical excesses. Philosophically it goes to the heart of issues related to the conceptual significance of a recent plethora of formal work in epistemic logic and learning theory. Formally it offers a very useful landscape of recent work including novel contributions in computational learning theory by the author and collaborators. The book testifies to the interest and strength of recent work in the intersection of epistemology and philosophical logic. I am sure that Hendricks' book will remain as an important point of reference for interdisciplinary discussion in this and related areas of inquiry for years to come."
Horacio Arlo-Costa, Carnegie Mellon University, Notre Dame Philosophy Reviews
Brings a fresh perspective to every topic it touches…This book is mandatory reading for epistemologists of all stripes…Its importance cannot be overemphasized. Essential. -- Choice
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February 2006Adobe eBook Reader
9780511134159
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Priming the pump
- 3. Mainstream epistemology
- 4. Counterfactual epistemology
- 5. Contextual epistemology
- 6. Logical epistemology
- 7. Computational epistemology
- 8. Modal operator epistemology
- 9. 'Plethoric' epistemology
- Bibliography.
