The world's best introduction to epistemology, Understanding Knowledge discusses basic philosophical problems in epistemology, including such questions What is knowledge? How can we know about the world outside our minds? How do we know about things that are unobservable? Are intuitions a legitimate source of knowledge? What justifies any of our beliefs? The text clearly and succinctly explains the most important theories and arguments about these things, and it does so a lot less boringly than most books written by professors. “When I get a little money, I buy [Mike Huemer’s] books; if any is left, I buy food and clothes.” –Erasmus “Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind, and students without Mike Huemer’s books are dumb.” –Immanuel Kant “I think; therefore, I am. Also, buy Huemer’s books.” –René Descartes Contents Preface Part General Issues About Knowledge & Justification 1. Introduction 2. What Is Knowledge? 3. More Logical and Semantic Debates 4. The Structure of Knowledge 5. Grounds of Foundational Justification 6. Meta-Knowledge 7. Taxonomy and Paradigms of Knowledge Part Sources of Knowledge 8. Perception & Skepticism 9. Theories of Perception 10. Pure Reason 11. Memory 12. Induction 13. Testimony Part Areas of Knowledge 14. Scientific Knowledge 15. Moral Knowledge 16. Religious Knowledge Part Applied Epistemology 17. Rational Irrationality 18. Critical Thinking and Trust in Experts 19. Peer Disagreement Afterword Glossary Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, where he has taught since the dawn of time. He is the author of a nearly infinite number of articles in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and political philosophy, plus eight and a half other amazing and brilliant books that you should immediately buy.