: Bertrand Russell, G.E. Moore, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and W.V. Quine [3, 4].
The volume includes influential essays from historical and modern philosophers, including:
: Analyzes internalist versus externalist perspectives on what makes a belief "warranted" [3, 4]. Epistemology: An Anthology, 2nd edition (Blackw...
: Plato, René Descartes, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant [3].
: Alvin Plantinga, Linda Zagzebski, Timothy Williamson, and John McDowell [2, 3]. Key Updates in the 2nd Edition : Bertrand Russell, G
Epistemology: An Anthology, 2nd Edition , edited by Ernest Sosa, Jaegwon Kim, Jeremy Fantl, and Matthew McGrath, is a comprehensive collection of seminal works in the theory of knowledge [1, 2]. Published by Blackwell (now Wiley-Blackwell) in 2008, it serves as a central resource for both classic and contemporary debates in the field [1, 3]. Core Themes and Structure
: Features essential texts on the limits of human knowledge, addressing Cartesian doubt and modern responses to the "brain in a vat" style of skepticism [1, 3]. The volume includes influential essays from historical and
Compared to the first edition, this version is significantly expanded to reflect the shift toward [1]. It includes more recent work on the "value problem" of knowledge—asking why knowledge is better than mere true belief—and the role of intuition in philosophical methodology [2, 3].