Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e

Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn

The Problem of Skepticism and Knowledge

What Do You Know: Knowing What Knowledge Is

Thought Probes

True Beliefs about Mars: Suppose a surgeon secretly implants a device in your head that gives you accurate beliefs regarding the terrain on Mars. Do you know the true beliefs produced by this device?
Goldman's Reliabilist Account of Justification (http://www.princeton.edu/~jimpryor/courses/epist/notes/goldman2.html) Lecture notes by James Pryor (Princeton University)



Skepticism and Foundations (http://www.princeton.edu/~harman/Papers/Skepticism.html) Article by Gilbert Harmon (Princeton University) on various view of justification



The Rocking Horse Winner (http://www.dowse.com/fiction/Lawrence.html) Story by D. H. Lawrence of a rocking horse that gives its rider knowledge of winning horses



Externalism and the Meta-Incoherence (http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~howardd/metaincoherence.pdf) Problem Article by Daniel Howard-(Western Washington University) Snyder defending externalism



Internalism Explained (http://web.mit.edu/wedgwood/www/internal.htm) Article by Ralph Wedgewood (Merton College, Oxford) explicating different conceptions of internalism



A Rationale for Reliabilism (http://online.sfsu.edu/~kbach/ratrel.htm) Article by Kent Bach defending Reliabilism

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