Epistemic Reasoning and the Mental [electronic resource] /
Gerken, M.author.
Epistemic Reasoning and the Mental integrates the epistemology of reasoning and philosophy of mind. By examining the fundamental competencies involved in reasoning, Gerken argues that reasoning depends on the external environment in ways that are both surprising and epistemologically important.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Series Editorsâ€? Preface""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""I Epistemic Warrant: A First Approximation                                                 ""; ""I.i General features of epistemic warrant                                                ""; ""I.i.a The truth-connection                                 ""; ""I.i.b The epistemic luck condition                                         ""; ""I.i.c The competence condition                                     ""
""I.i.d Doxastic and propositional warrant                                               """"I.i.e Competence-oriented vs. deontological epistemology                                                               ""; ""I.i.f Internalism and externalism                                        ""; ""I.i.g General features of warrant: concluding remarks                                                            ""; ""I.ii Warrant and knowledge                                 ""
""I.ii.a Warrant, knowledge and epistemological methodology                                                                """"I.ii.b Inferential Gettier case                                      ""; ""I.ii.c Perceptual Gettier-style case                                           ""; ""I.ii.d The Gettier-style cases in perspective                                                    ""; ""I.ii.e The Gettier-style case vs. the knowledge cases                                                            ""; ""I.ii.f Hallmarks of Gettier-style cases                                              ""
""I.ii.h Concluding remarks on warrant and knowledge                                                         """"I.iii Normal circumstances vs. relevant alternatives                                                           ""; ""I.iii.a Relevant alternatives vs. normal circumstances                                                             ""; ""I.iii.b Basic similarities                                 ""; ""I.iii.c On normal circumstances                                      ""; ""I.iv Epistemic warrant: concluding remarks                                                 ""
""II Warrant, Reasoning and Competence                                           """"II.i A few restrictions                              ""; ""II.i.a Restriction to warrant by purportedly deductive epistemic reasoning                                                                                 ""; ""I.ii.b Restriction to empirical epistemic reasoning                                                          ""; ""II.i.c Restriction to non-skeptical investigation                                                        ""; ""II.i.d A note on terminology                                   ""
""II.ii Reasoning as a source of warrant                                             ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Epistemic Reasoning and the Mental integrates the epistemology of reasoning and philosophy of mind. By examining the fundamental competencies involved in reasoning, Gerken argues that reasoning depends on the external environment in ways that are both surprising and epistemologically important.
Philosophy of mind.
Epistemology.
Philosophy of Mind.
Epistemology.