Metaphysics and Epistemology A Guided Anthology 1st Edition by Stephen Hetherington ISBN 1118542584 978-1118542583

 

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Author:  Stephen Hetherington

Metaphysics and Epistemology: A Guided Anthology presents a comprehensive introductory overview of key themes, thinkers, and texts in metaphysics and epistemology.

• Presents a wide-ranging collection of carefully excerpted readings on metaphysics and epistemology
• Blends classic and contemporary works to reveal the historical development and present directions in the fields of metaphysics and epistemology
• Provides succinct, insightful commentary to introduce the essence of each selection at the beginning of chapters which also serve to inter-link the selected writings

Metaphysics and Epistemology A Guided Anthology 1st Table of contents:

Introduction

• Overview of Metaphysics and Epistemology

• The Relationship Between Metaphysics and Epistemology

• How the Anthology is Organized and How to Approach the Texts

Part I: Metaphysics

1. What is Metaphysics?

   • Defining Metaphysics: Questions of Being and Reality

   • The Scope and Significance of Metaphysical Inquiry

2. The Nature of Reality

   • Idealism vs. Realism: Are Objects Independent of Our Perception?

   • The Problem of Universals: Do abstract entities like “redness” exist?

   • The Debate Between Materialism and Dualism

3. Time, Space, and Causality

   • The Concept of Time: Is Time Real or Just a Human Construct?

   • The Problem of Space: Is Space a Physical Entity or a Mere Relation?

   • Causality: What Does It Mean for One Event to Cause Another?

4. The Nature of Objects and Persistence

   • The Problem of Identity: What Makes an Object the Same Over Time?

   • The Ship of Theseus Paradox: Persistence and Change in Objects

   • Theories of Objects: Bundle Theory, Substance Theory, and Others

5. Free Will and Determinism

   • The Problem of Free Will: Do We Have Control Over Our Actions?

   • Hard Determinism, Libertarianism, and Compatibilism

Part II: Epistemology

6. What is Knowledge?

   • The Traditional Definition of Knowledge: Justified True Belief

   • Problems with the Traditional Definition: Gettier Problems

   • Epistemic Virtue: What Does It Mean to Know?

7. The Sources of Knowledge

   • Empiricism vs. Rationalism: The Role of Sensory Experience and Reason

   • Theories of Perception: Direct Realism, Indirect Realism, and Phenomenalism

   • A Priori and A Posteriori Knowledge

8. Skepticism

   • The Challenge of Skepticism: Can We Know Anything for Certain?

   • Descartes’ Method of Doubt and the Cogito

   • Responses to Skepticism: Foundationalism, Coherentism, and Contextualism

9. The Problem of Induction

   • The Problem of Justifying Inductive Inferences

   • Hume’s Problem of Induction: Can We Justify Our Beliefs About the Future?

   • Responses to the Problem: Theories of Justification and Scientific Methodology

10. Epistemic Justification

• What Makes a Belief Justified?

• Internalism vs. Externalism in Epistemic Justification

• The Role of Evidence in Knowledge

Part III: Philosophical Dialogues

11. Plato’s Theaetetus (On Knowledge)

• Examination of the Nature of Knowledge through Socratic Dialogue

• Defining Knowledge and Addressing Challenges to Knowledge Claims

12. Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy (On Certainty)

• Descartes’ Radical Doubt and the Search for Certain Knowledge

• The Cogito Argument: “I think, therefore I am”

13. Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason (On the Limits of Knowledge)

• Kant’s Epistemological Turn: The Role of Categories and the Phenomenal World

• The Boundaries of Human Knowledge According to Kant

14. Quine’s Word and Object (On Knowledge and Language)

• Quine’s Challenge to the Distinction Between Analytic and Synthetic Statements

• The Problem of Meaning and Knowledge in a Holistic Framework

Part IV: Key Contemporary Issues

15. Social Epistemology

• The Role of Social Contexts in the Production of Knowledge

• The Debate on Testimony, Peer-Review, and the Epistemic Role of Trust

16. Epistemology and Technology

• The Impact of Digital Media and the Internet on Knowledge Acquisition

• Issues of Knowledge Reliability in the Age of Misinformation

17. Metaphysical and Epistemological Implications of Quantum Physics

• The Metaphysical Nature of Reality According to Quantum Mechanics

• Epistemological Issues in Understanding the Quantum World

Conclusion

• The Interplay Between Metaphysics and Epistemology

• The Ongoing Debate: How Do We Know What Exists?

• The Future of Metaphysics and Epistemology in Contemporary Philosophy

Appendices

• Appendix A: Key Terms in Metaphysics and Epistemology

• Appendix B: Further Readings and Resources for Study

• Index

 

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