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5、P.Alston,SyracuseUniversityEpistemology,orthetheoryofknowledge,isconcernedwithhowweknowwhatwedo,whatjustifiesusinbelievingwhatwedo,andwhatstandardsofevidenceweshoulduseinseekingtruthsabouttheworldandhumanexperience.Thiscompre-hensivebookintroducestheconceptsandtheoriescentralforunderstand
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7、.MachUniversityProfessorofPhilosophyattheUniversityofNebraska,Lincoln.HehaspublishedmanybooksandarticlesinthefieldandisEditoroftheCambridgeDictionaryofPhilosophy(1995,1999).RoutledgeContemporaryIntroductionstoPhilosophySeriesEditor:PaulK.MoserLoyolaUniversityofChica