Theory of Knowledge

Inthisimportantnewtext,KeithLehrerintroducesstudentstothemajortraditionalandcontemporaryaccountsofknowing.Beginningwiththeaccepteddefinitionofknowledgeasjustifiedtruebelief,Lehrerexploresthetruth,beliefandjustificationconditionsonthewaytoathoroughexaminationoffoundationtheoriesofknowledge,externalismandnaturalizedepistemologies,internalismandmoderncoherencetheoriesaswellasrecentreliabilistandcausaltheories.Lehrergivesallviewscarefulexaminationandconcludesthatexternalfactorsmustbematchedbyappropriateinternalonestoyieldknowledge.ReadersofProfessorLehrer'searlierbookKnowledgewillwanttoknowthatthistextadoptstheframeworkofthatclassictext.ButTheoryofKnowledgeisacompletelyrewrittenandupdatedversionofthatbookthathasbeensimplifiedthroughoutforstudentuse.