... for traditional skeptical views in epistemology. In particular, it argues that on certain popular views about the nature of belief, it is impossible to adopt the near-global agnosticism recommended by the skeptical epistemologist. On other plausible views, it is possible only in special circumstances...

...Matthew Kotzen This essay addresses the question of when evidence for a stronger claim H1 also constitutes evidence for a weaker claim H2. Although the answer “Always” is tempting, it is false on a natural Bayesian conception of evidence. This essay first describes some prima facie counterexamples...

... epistemology. She therefore aims to understand Hume's skepticism and naturalism by placing them in the philosophical context of his own time. In doing so, she gives a novel account of the major intellectual fault lines in early modern philosophy. De Pierris divides early modern philosophers along two cross...

... examines with the least success—Quine’s commitment to behavior- ism and Quine’s doctrine that reference is inscrutable. Naturalism: On Hylton’s interpretation, “Quine’s epistemological claims are claims within our ongoing science, our overall theory of the world” (318). It is science itself...

... by naturalism. “As Quine conceives it, this project includes not only questions of knowledge, how we come to have theories which have been reliable guides to the world, but also questions as to how our language can be about the world” (231). In Hylton’s phrase, this is the epistemological project. Quine’s...

... that provides an overview of Quinean naturalism and a second chapter that dis- cusses the historical background of Quine’s work, placing it in the context defined by Russell and Carnap, Hylton devotes six chapters to the epistemologi- cal project and another five to the metaphysical project...

... provided by naturalism. “As Quine conceives it, this project includes not only questions of knowledge, how we come to have theories which have been reliable guides to the world, but also questions as to how our language can be about the world” (231). In Hylton’s phrase, this is the epistemological...

... by naturalism. “As Quine conceives it, this project includes not only questions of knowledge, how we come to have theories which have been reliable guides to the world, but also questions as to how our language can be about the world” (231). In Hylton’s phrase, this is the epistemological project. Quine’s...

.... Thus, after an initial chapter that provides an overview of Quinean naturalism and a second chapter that dis- cusses the historical background of Quine’s work, placing it in the context defined by Russell and Carnap, Hylton devotes six chapters to the epistemologi- cal project and another five...

... to be required reading in phi- losophy. This commentary ensures that the requirement can be met. DANIELLE MACBETH Haverford College Notes 1 W. V. Quine, Epistemology Naturalized, in Ontological Relativity and Other Essays (New York: Columbia University Press, 1969), 74. 2 EPM was reissued as a monograph...

... to be natural kinds, as they will on A&P (section 3, item 3). Also, distinguishing processes by statistically relevant factors will turn differences of mere content into differences of process, with epistemological results that I find unwelcome (section 5.1). In fact, as Dutant and Olsson (2013) show...

... Press, 2000. Pp. x, 174. Biographies of Scientzjk Objects. By Lorraine Daston, ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. Pp. ix, 307. Quine: Naturalized Epistemology, Perceptual Knowledge and Ontology. Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities. By Lieven...

...Richard Holton Cornell University 2004 Anthony, L. 1993 . Quine as Feminist: The Radical Import of Naturalized Epistemology. In A Mind of One's Own , ed. L. Anthony and C. Witt, 185 -225. Boulder: Westview Press. ____. 2000 . Naturalized Epistemology, Morality and the Real World...

... quickly appreciate a commitment to what I’ll call the “Natural Epistemological Attitude.” Physics, physiology, and psychology, even in relatively humdrum and elementary forms, combine to give us a view of the relations between human beings (also other sentient organisms) and their envi...

... Classical Essays. London: Duckworth. 174 pp. Mi, Chienkuo Michael, and Ruey-lin Chen, eds. 2007. Naturalized Epistemology and Philosophy of Science. Rodopi Philosophical Studies 7. Amsterdam: Rodopi. 196 pp. 320 BOOKS RECEIVED...

... attention to a theory of how nature makes this happen” (130). But there is something else in Hume that, I think, serves us better than either hope or quietism, what Hume called “mitigated skepticism”: The greater part of mankind are naturally apt to be affirmative and dogmatical in their opinions...

... answers the driving question by combining a naturalistic approach in metaphysics with a voluntarist approach in epistemology. Naturalized metaphysics refers to the idea that scientific ontology—conclusions about the ontological consequences of the sciences—should be informed by and continuous...

... of increasing interest in Hegel's Science of Logic for scholars working in English. Combining historical scholarship with contemporary issues in analytic metaphysics, Kreines argues not only that Hegel's Logic successfully responds to the metaphysical and epistemological problems faced by his predecessors...

...R. M. Dancy Voula Tsouna, The Epistemology of the Cyrenaic School. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. xix, 180. Cornell University 2003 Tsouna, Voula. 1998 . Aristippus the Elder. In Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy , ed. E. Craig, 1 : 379 -80. London...

.... In section 4, I argue that the thesis is not as radical as it appears, since several core epistemological notions naturally extend to states other than full beliefs. Even if knowledge is not always a relation to prop- ositions, there is nevertheless a sense in which it may be factive, safe, and sensitive...