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Internalism and Epistemology

Internalism and Epistemology is a powerful articulation and defense of a clas-

sical answer to an enduring question: What is the nature of rational belief?

In opposition to prevailing philosophical fashion, the book argues that

epistemic externalism leads, not just to skepticism, but to epistemic

nihilism – the denial of the very possibility of justiﬁcation. And it defends a

subtle and sophisticated internalism against criticisms that have widely but

mistakenly been thought to be decisive.

Beginning with an internalist response to the Gettier problem, the authors

deal with the problem of the connection to truth, stressing the distinction

between success and rationality as critical to its resolution. They develop a

metaregress argument against externalism that has devastating consequences

for any view according to which epistemic principles are contingent. The

same argument does not, they argue, affect the version of internalism they

espouse, since its epistemic principles are analytic and knowable a priori.

The ﬁnal chapter addresses the problem of induction and shows that its

solution turns critically on the distinction between success and rationality –

the very distinction that lies at the heart of the dispute between internalists

and externalists.

Provocative, probing, and deliberately unfashionable, Internalism and

Epistemology is a ringing defense of internalism that will interest specialists

and students alike. It is essential reading for anyone who suspects that rumors

of the death of traditional epistemology have been greatly exaggerated.

Timothy McGrew is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Philo-

sophy at Western Michigan University and the author of The Foundations of

Knowledge (1995). His articles have appeared in numerous journals including

Analysis, Mind, The Monist, and British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

Lydia McGrew lives in southwestern Michigan where she educates her

three children and continues her scholarly work in epistemology and prob-

ability theory. She has published philosophy articles in journals including

Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophia Christi, and Mind (with Timothy

McGrew).

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