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A review by dbswanson
How Do We Know?: An Introduction to Epistemology by Mark W. Foreman, James K. Dew Jr
4.0
This book is a basic primer in epistemology and addresses the following issues: 1)What Is Epistemology? 2)What Is Knowledge? 3) Where Does Knowledge Come From? 4)What Is Truth, and How Do We Find It? 5) What Are Inferences, and How Do They Work? 6) What Do We Perceive? 7)Do We Need Justification? 8)What Is Virtue Epistemology? 9)Do We Have Revelation?, and 10) How Certain Can We Be?
The book is well written and argued which makes for a great introduction to the field of epistemology. I believe that it accomplishes its goal as a basic primer and has many helpful definitions and discussions on the pros and cons of varying approaches resulting in argument for the inference to the best explanation. I wish they would have added a concluding chapter on how this all fits together as a model for knowledge.
The book is well written and argued which makes for a great introduction to the field of epistemology. I believe that it accomplishes its goal as a basic primer and has many helpful definitions and discussions on the pros and cons of varying approaches resulting in argument for the inference to the best explanation. I wish they would have added a concluding chapter on how this all fits together as a model for knowledge.