Philosophy and transformative experiences -- Knowledge, truth, and belief -- Foundationalism : Descartes's evil demon -- The coherence theory of knowledge -- Externalist theories of knowledge -- Problems with self-knowledge
Does sense perception support knowledge? -- Perception : foundationalism and externalism -- The importance of memory for knowledge -- Confabulations and false memories -- The extended mind -- Do we have innate knowledge?
How deduction contributes to knowledge -- Humes' attack on induction -- The raven paradox and new riddle of induction -- Know-how versus propositional knowledge -- Knowledge derived from testimony -- Social psychology and source monitoring
Testimony through social networks -- The reliability of scientific testimony -- Testimony in the media -- Pragmatic and moral encroachment -- Radical skepticism : the brain in a vat -- The future of epistemology
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