Rational Understanding

<p>This book develops a novel account of the connections between justification, understanding, and knowledge. It lays the foundation for a more systematic and interconnected treatment of these central notions in epistemology.</p><p>The author’s key move is to show first that a specific conception of doxastic justification constitutes our best point of entry into questions pertaining to a subject’s ability to secure understanding of reality. Second, that the traditional order of analysis when it comes to the connection between understanding and knowledge should be reversed: knowledge itself is best conceived of in terms of a specific type of understanding.</p><p><i>Rational Understanding</i> will appeal to scholars and advanced students working in epistemology and philosophy of science.</p><p>The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.</p> <p>Introduction 1. On Justification 2. The Distance From Truth 3. On Understanding 4. The Centrality of Truth 5. On Knowledge 6. The Possession of Truth </p>