Epistemology

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The Analysis of Knowledge :

- Survey of analyses of the concept of knowledge, including justified true belief and the Gettier problem; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Matthias Steup.
Ancient Skepticism :

- Two movements in ancient philosophy, Pyrrhonism, and Academic Skepticism. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Leo Groarke.
Applied Solipsism :

- Home to "The Undefinable Ribbon Campaign", which explains and accepts the paradox that results from both being solipsist and having one's web site.
Bayes' Theorem :

- Discussion of a formula to calculate conditional probabilities which figures in subjectivist approaches to epistemology; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by James Joyce.
Bayesian Epistemology :

- Epistemological movement based on Bayesian confirmation and decision theory; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by William Talbott.
Bohm, Bell, and Boom! Quantum Mechanics and the End of Modern Dualism :

- From History and Philosophy of Science, Fall, 1997. By Dr. Ess.
Coherence, Certainty, and Epistemic Priority :

- By Roderick Firth.
Color :

- Metaphysical and epistemological accounts of color. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Barry Maund.
Epistemology :

- Syllabus for a Yale University seminar on epistemology.
Epistemology :

- Essays on epistemology from the Proceedings of the Friesian School, Fourth Series.
The Epistemology Page :

- A collection of epistemology resources, including other directories, online papers, and graduate programs strong in epistemology.
The Epistemology Research Guide :

- Directory of links by Keith Korcz, including online papers.
Epistemology Topics Page :

- Directory of mostly online Encyclopedia articles, from EpistemeLinks.
Evolutionary Epistemology :

- Survey of naturalistic epistemology which emphasizes importance of natural selection; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Michael Bradie and William Harms
Formal Learning Theory :

- Discusses mathematical approaches to normative epistemology; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Oliver Schulte.
Foundationalist Theories of Epistemic Justification :

- Survey of theories according to which knowledge and justified belief rest ultimately on a foundation of noninferential knowledge or justified belief. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Richard Fumerton.
Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? :

- Classic short paper by Edmund Gettier.
James Pryor :

- James Pryor's homepage. It includes online papers and detailed lecture notes.
JTB Forum :

- Electronic journal for theory of knowledge.
KLI Theory Lab :

- Data base that allows scientific literature search in the domain of evolution and cognition, thus indexing the literature in Evolutionary Epistemology.
Knowledge, Justification, and Truth :

- Laurence BonJour's dissertation.
New Thoughts about Old Things: Cognitive Policies as the Ground of Singular Concepts :

- Kent Bach reviews this book by Krista Lawlor. From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
Qualia :

- Qualia are introspectively accessible, phenomenal aspects of our mental lives. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Michael Tye.
Reference, Truth and Conceptual Schemes: A Defense of Internal Realism :

- Peter J. Graham reviews this book by Gabor Forrai. From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
Representation, Meaning and Truth :

- Considering the function of Language throws some light on the concepts of Meaning and Truth.
Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of Pyrrhonism :

- A short paper by Alex Scott on the ancient school of skepticism.
Skepticism :

- Article examining the various forms of skepticism. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Peter Klein.
Teaching Theory of Knowledge :

- A booklet for teaching theory of knowledge. It includes a list of topics in epistemology with an introduction and a reading list for each.
20th WCP: Theory of Knowledge :

- Archive of contributed papers in the subject area of Theory of Knowledge from the Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy (The Paideia Project).
Theory of Knowledge :

- Course taught by James Pryor at Princeton University; includes handouts and lecture notes.
TheoryofKnowledge.info :

- An overview of epistemology, exploring the various theories of knowledge, justification, and belief.
Virtue Epistemology :

- An approach in epistemology that applies the resources of virtue theory to problems in the theory of knowledge. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by John Greco.
The Wysiwyg Universe :

- The nature of Reality is cast against two postulates: that experience is the only reality for an observer; and that there is no reality other than experience.