What Is This Thing Called Knowledge?

What is knowledge? Where does it come from? Can we know anything at all? This lucid and engaging introduction grapples with these central questions in the theor... » 

What is knowledge? Where does it come from? Can we know anything at all? This lucid and engaging introduction grapples with these central questions in the theory of knowledge, offering a clear, non-partisan view of the main themes of epistemology. Both traditional issues and contemporary ideas are discussed in fourteen easily digestible sections, which conclude with a useful summary of the main ideas discussed, study questions, annotated further reading and a guide to web resources. Each chapter also features text-boxes providing bite-sized summaries of key concepts and major philosophers, and clear and interesting examples are used throughout, making this an ideal first textbook in the theory of knowledge for undergraduates coming to philosophy for the first time.Duncan Pritchard holds the Chair in Epistemology at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His main research area is epistemology, and he has published widely in this field, including the books Epistemic Luck (Oxford University Press, 2005) Knowledge (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), and Arguing About Knowledge (Routledge 2008, edited with Ram Neta). «