Knowledge and Rationality Essays in Honor of Stewart Cohen
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Biographical note
Juan Comesaña is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. He is author of Being Rational and Being Right and Skepticism: The Basics (with Manuel Comesaña), as well as articles in epistemology.
Matthew McGrath is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. He is author of Knowledge in an Uncertain World (with Jeremy Fantl) and A Contemporary Introduction to Epistemology (with Alvin Goldman), as well as articles in epistemology.
<p>"Stewart Cohen is a towering and central figure in epistemology. It is surprising to discover that no volume has yet been dedicated to his work. However, given his recent retirement, this celebration and discussion of Cohen is both timely and sorely needed. I expect this volume to reinvigorate interest in Cohen’s many important contributions."</p><p><b>Brian Kim</b>, <i>California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA</i></p>
This book features original essays on knowledge and rationality as related to the work of Stewart Cohen. This is the first volume dedicated to Cohen, one of the most influential epistemologists of the last several decades.
Stewart Cohen is responsible for introducing the New Evil Demon problem, the problem of easy knowledge, and epistemic contextualism. Any one of these contributions is sufficient by itself to establish a lasting philosophical legacy. The chapters in this book reflect Cohen’s legacy and address a variety of important topics related to his work, including the New Evil Demon problem, epistemic justification, epistemic contextualism, pragmatic and moral encroachment, epistemic obligations, skepticism, and the problem of easy knowledge. The book also includes a complete bibliography of Cohen’s works.
Knowledge and Rationality is an essential resource for scholars and advanced students in epistemology with an interest in engaging with Stewart Cohen’s philosophy.
Introduction Juan Comesaña and Matthew McGrath Bibliography of Stewart Cohen 1. The New Evil Demon Problem and the Nature of Evidence Thomas Kelly 2. The Evil Demon’s Experience Machine David Sosa 3. Wide Epistemic States Jonathan Vogel 4. Easy Knowledge Revisited Richard Fumerton 5. Not by Our Bootstraps: Stewart Cohen on Perceptual Justification Gideon Rosen 6. Cohen on the Attraction and Defeat of Skeptical Hypotheses N. Ángel Pinillos 7. Morality Does Not Encroach Zachary Goodsell and John Hawthorne 8. Pragmatic Encroachment and the Structure of Reasons Shyam Nair 9. On the ‘Epistemic’: What are Epistemologists Theorizing About? Kate Nolfi 10. The Apt and the Hippocratic: Judgment, Blame, and Negligence Ernest Sosa 11. Epistemic Oughts of Attention Mona Simion 12. Rational Epistemic Akrasia Lite Earl Conee and Richard Feldman
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Juan Comesaña is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. He is author of Being Rational and Being Right and Skepticism: The Basics (with Manuel Comesaña), as well as articles in epistemology.
Matthew McGrath is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. He is author of Knowledge in an Uncertain World (with Jeremy Fantl) and A Contemporary Introduction to Epistemology (with Alvin Goldman), as well as articles in epistemology.