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1、PaulK.Mosered.TheOxfordHandbookofEpistemologyOxford:OxfordUniversityPress2002endp.iiiPrefaceEpistemology,alsoknownasthetheoryofknowledge,willflourishaslongaswedeemknowledgevaluable.Weshall,Ipredict,continuetovalueknowledge,ifonlyforitsinstrumentalvalue:itge
2、tsusthroughthedayaswellasthenight.Indeed,it'shardtoimagineastableperson,letaloneastablesociety,indifferenttotherealdifferencebetweengenuineknowledgeandmereopinion,evenmeretrueopinion.Thestudyofknowledge,then,hasaverybrightfuture.Intheconcept-sensitivehandso
3、fphilosophers,epistemologyfocusesonthenature,origin,andscopeofknowledge.Itthusexaminesthedefiningingredients,thesources,andthelimitsofknowledge.Giventhecentralroleofepistemologyinthehistoryofphilosophyaswellasincontemporaryphilosophy,epistemologistswillalwa
4、yshaveworktodo.Debatesovertheanalysisofknowledge,thesourcesofknowledge,andthestatusofskepticismwillalonekeepthedisciplineofepistemologyactiveandproductive.Thisbookpresentssomeofthebestworkincontemporaryepistemologybyleadingepistemologists.Takentogether,itsp
5、reviouslyunpublishedessaysspanthewholefieldofepistemology.Theyassessprominentpositionsandbreaknewtheoreticalgroundwhileavoidingunduetechnicality.Myownworkonthisbookhasbenefitedfrommanypeopleandinstitutions.First,Ithankthenineteencontributorsfortheirfinecoop
6、erationandcontributionsinthefaceofnumerousdeadlines.Second,IthankPeterOhlin,PhilosophyEditoratOxfordUniversityPress,forhelpfuladviceandassistanceonmanyfronts.Third,Ithankmyresearchassistant,BlaineSwen,forinvaluablehelpinputtingthebooktogether.Finally,Ithank
7、LoyolaUniversityofChicagoforprovidinganexcellentenvironmentformyworkontheproject.P.K.M.Chicago,IllinoisJune2002endp.viiContentsContributors,xiIntroduction,PaulK.Moser31.ConditionsandAnalysesofKnowing,RobertK.Shope252.TheSourcesofKnowledge,RobertAudi713.APri
8、oriKnowledge,AlbertCasullo954.TheSciencesandEpistemology,AlvinI.Goldman1445.ConceptualDiversityinEpistemology,RichardFoley1776.TheoriesofJustification,RichardFumerton2047.InternalismandExternalism,Laur
