Great Readings in Epistemology
A curated collection of field-defining monographs, milestone essays, and transformative philosophical treatises in Epistemology. These readings demonstrate how thinkers formulate paradigms, challenge prevailing assumptions, and analyze the nature and limits of human knowledge.
- Classical and Historical Epistemology
- The Analysis of Knowledge and Epistemic Luck
- Theories of Justification, Architecture, and Naturalism
- Social, Feminist, and Applied Epistemology
- Knowledge-First, Formal, and Contemporary Metaepistemology
Classical and Historical Epistemology
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Theaetetus | Plato |
| Meditations on First Philosophy | René Descartes |
| An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding | David Hume |
| Critique of Pure Reason | Immanuel Kant |
| “Proof of an External World” | G. E. Moore |
The Analysis of Knowledge and Epistemic Luck
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” | Edmund L. Gettier |
| “A Causal Theory of Knowing” | Alvin I. Goldman |
| “The Inescapability of Gettier Problems” | Linda Zagzebski |
| Philosophical Explanations | Robert Nozick |
| “Solving the Skeptical Problem” | Keith DeRose |
Theories of Justification, Architecture, and Naturalism
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| “Epistemology Naturalized” | W. V. O. Quine |
| The Structure of Empirical Knowledge | Laurence BonJour |
| Epistemology and Cognition | Alvin I. Goldman |
| Knowledge in Perspective: Selected Essays in Epistemology | Ernest Sosa |
| Epistemic Justification: Internalism vs. Externalism, Foundations vs. Virtues | Laurence BonJour and Ernest Sosa |
Social, Feminist, and Applied Epistemology
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing | Miranda Fricker |
| Knowledge in a Social World | Alvin I. Goldman |
| Learning from Words: Testimony as a Source of Knowledge | Jennifer Lackey |
| “White Ignorance” | Charles W. Mills |
| “Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles” | C. Thi Nguyen |
Knowledge-First, Formal, and Contemporary Metaepistemology
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Knowledge and Its Limits | Timothy Williamson |
| Knowledge and Practical Interests | Jason Stanley |
| Putting Logic in Its Place: Formal Constraints on Rational Belief | David Christensen |
| The Epistemology of Disagreement: New Essays | David Christensen and Jennifer Lackey (eds.) |