Understanding Knowledge by Michael Huemer | Book Club

Suggested by: Member
Pages to read: 386
ISBN: 9798359316699 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: B0C5VBNCXW (Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What is epistemology?
•What is a proposition?
•Is a proposition a belief?
•What are the characteristics of an argument?
•What is knowledge?
•What are justifications?
•What is the Gettier’s refutation?
•What is reliabilism?
•Should people define their terms?
•What are the structures of knowledge?
•What coherence theory of justification?
•What is skepticism? What are the types of skepticism?
•What is foundationalism?
•What is meta-knowledge?
•How does cognitive faculties effect knowledge?
•What is inferential knowledge?
•What is empirical knowledge?
•What is a priori knowledge?
•What happens to failed philosophical knowledge?
•What do observations provide?
•What is Bayesian analysis?
•What is “Nullius in verba”?
•What is the effect of disagreement?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.