Title: Intellectual trust in oneself and others /
Authors: Foley, Richard.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Knowledge, Theory of.
Abstract: "This book will be of interest to advanced students and professionals working in the fields of philosophy and the social sciences as well as anyone looking for a unified account of the issues at the center of intellectual trust."--Jacket.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- The Importance of Intellectual Self-Trust -- 1. Classical foundationalism and intellectual trust -- 2. Attempts to refiute skepticism -- 3. Externalism and the analysis of knowledge -- 4. Epistemology, theology, and natural selection -- 5. Epistemology and the leap of intellectual faith -- 2 Intellectual Self-Trust, Rational Belief, and Invulnerability -- to Self-Criticism -- 1. Confidence and depth -- 2. Rational belief as invulnerability to self-criticism -- 3. Two thought experiments -- 4. Self-trust and inconsistency -- 5. Rationality and less than ideal outcomes -- t:Empirical Challenges to Self-Trust -- 1. Studies documenting our tendencies to make errors -- 2. First-person epistemological issues raised by the -- ,studies -- I: 3. Self-monitoring -- E 4. The limits of self-monitoring -- 5. The lack of guarantees -- 6. Internal conflict and conflict with others -- Part Two Intellectual Trust in Others and in One's Own --^