Readership: Advanced students and scholars of philosophy
Ernest Sosa, Rutgers University
"Sosa's i Reflective Knowledge r reliably provides the focused, tightly reasoned treatment of his subject that readers have come to expect of this pre-eminent contemporary philosopher. Read this book for a learned and rewarding treatment of the problem of scepticism, and of the course of epistemology from Descartes' time to the present." - Guy Axtell. Philosophical Quarterly
"a magnificent book" - Heather Battaly, Analysis Reviews
"anyone reading this rich and important book will emerge with a refreshed view of how the history of epistemology relates to the cutting edge." - Bruce Hunter & Adam Morton, Mind
"It should go without saying that Sosa's book is essential reading for anyone with even a passing interest in contemporary epistemology. His distinction between animal and reflective knowledge is a fundamental contribution to the field. The approach he sketches in this readable book is important and defensible. I know of no more plausible approach, no more accessible presentation." - Frederick F. Schmitt, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Preface Sources PART ONE 1: Moore's Proof 2: Classical Foundationalism 3: Epistemological Naturalism: Hume, Wittgenstein, and Strawson 4: Reid's Common Sense 5: Mythology of the Given 6: Epistemology Naturalized, Davidson's Way PART TWO 7: Human Knowledge, Animal and Reflective 8: Philosophical Skepticism and Externalist Epistemology 9: Reflective Knowledge in the Best Circles 10: Easy Knowledge and the Criterion Index
