A Companion to Epistemology, 2 Volume Set
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"Ancient philosophers view knowledge as a high-level achievement. For some of them, knowledge is out of reach for humans. For others, knowledge belongs to the most valuable dimensions of human life. Either way, ancient philosophers do not conceive of the study of knowledge as a stand-alone field. What today we call epistemology is intertwined with other lines of inquiry, including metaphysics, theology, logic, philosophy of mind, and ethics"--

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"Ancient philosophers view knowledge as a high-level achievement. For some of them, knowledge is out of reach for humans. For others, knowledge belongs to the most valuable dimensions of human life. Either way, ancient philosophers do not conceive of the study of knowledge as a stand-alone field. What today we call epistemology is intertwined with other lines of inquiry, including metaphysics, theology, logic, philosophy of mind, and ethics"--
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Kurt Sylvan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. Specializing in epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of practical reason, he has published extensively in leading journals such as Philosophical Review, Mind, and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. His research focuses on foundational questions about knowledge and the ethics of belief. Jonathan Dancy is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Known for his influential work in epistemology, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of practical reason, Dancy is the author of several foundational books, such as Ethics without Principles and Practical Reality. His work has inspired several conferences and edited collections. Ernest Sosa is Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He previously taught at Brown University for more than forty years. A pioneer in virtue epistemology and inventor of telic virtue epistemology, Sosa has authored many influential books on knowledge and belief, including the multi-volume Apt Belief and Reflective Knowledge: A Virtue Epistemology. Matthias Steup is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder, with prior appointments at Purdue University, Grinnell College, and others. He has published influential articles on the structure of justification, internalism vs. externalism, doxastic control, and the ethics of belief.