Great Readings

This document consists of great books or articles on Epistemology. Some are here because there is a course covering the same material; some are just great books that you should read at some point in your career.

Once you have made it through most of the curriculum, knowing whether a book is worth your time will become easier. Or, if you are struggling in one of the courses, perhaps reading a book on the subject will help.

Foundational Texts

Name Author(s)
Theaetetus by Plato Plato
Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes René Descartes
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume David Hume

Modern Classics

Name Author(s)
Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (Amazon) Immanuel Kant
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn (Amazon) Thomas Kuhn

Contemporary Works

Name Author(s)
What Is This Thing Called Knowledge? by Duncan Pritchard (Amazon) Duncan Pritchard
Epistemology: An Anthology edited by Ernest Sosa et al. (Amazon) Ernest Sosa, Jaegwon Kim, Jeremy Fantl, Matthew McGrath