Knowledge and Reality

Recommended Books

Anthologies:

• Bernecker, S. and Dretske, F. (eds.), Knowledge: Readings in Contemporary Epistemology (OUP, 2000).
• Kim, J. and Sosa, E. (eds.) Epistemology: An Anthology (Blackwell, 1999).
• Huemer (ed.), Epistemology: Contemporary Readings (Routledge, 2002).
• Van Inwagen, P. and Zimmerman, D. W. (eds.), Metaphysics: The Big Questions (Blackwell, 1998).
• Kim, J. and Sosa, E. (eds.) Metaphysics: An Anthology (Blackwell, 1999).
• Laurence, S. and Macdonald, C. (eds.), Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics (Blackwell, 1998).

Introductions:

• Audi, R., Epistemology: a Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (Routledge, 2011)
• BonJour, L., Epistemology: Classic Problems and Contemporary Responses (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002)
• Dancy, J., Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology (Blackwell, 1985).
• Lowe, E. J., A Survey of Metaphysics (OUP, 2002).
• Russell, B., The Problems of Philosophy, any edition.
• Sider, T. and Conee, E., Riddles of Existence (OUP, 2005)

Also check the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy for the topics we discuss.

Tutorial Topics

1. Knowledge
2. Scepticism
3. Sources of Knowledge
4. Extending Our Knowledge
5. Modality
6. Universals
7. Causation
8. Persistence