Oxford Studies in Epistemology Volume 6

<em>Oxford Studies in Epistemology</em> is a biennial publication which offers a regular snapshot of state-of-the-art work in this important field. Under the guidance of a distinguished editorial board composed of leading philosophers in North America Europe and Australasia it publishes exemplary papers in epistemology broadly construed. Topics within its purview include: <p/>- traditional epistemological questions concerning the nature of belief justification and knowledge the status of scepticism the nature of the a priori etc; <br>- new developments in epistemology including movements such as naturalized epistemology feminist epistemology social epistemology and virtue epistemology and approaches such as contextualism; <br>- foundational questions in decision-theory; <br>- confirmation theory and other branches of philosophy of science that bear on traditional issues in epistemology; <br>- topics in the philosophy of perception relevant to epistemology; <br>- topics in cognitive science computer science developmental cognitive and social psychology that bear directly on traditional epistemological questions;<br>- work that examines connections between epistemology and other branches of philosophy including work on testimony and the ethics of belief. <p/>Anyone wanting to understand the latest developments at the leading edge of the discipline can start here.<br>