Intelligent Inference and the Web of Belief:
In Defense of a Post-Foundational Epistemology
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract
Preface
Introduction
Feyerabend
The Copernican Episode and Influential Interpretations
The Copernican Episode -- Auxiliary Hypotheses and Rational Pursuit
Notes for Introduction
Chapter 1: Relativism, a Case Study --
The Philosophy of Paul Feyerabend
Notes for Chapter 1
Chapter 2: The Copernican Episode --
The Epistemological Stew: 1543-1616
Notes for Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Historical Consolations for the Relativist: Duhem and Kuhn
Duhem
Kuhn
Notes for Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Lakatos, Parameter Determination, and the End of Infallibilism
Notes for Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Parameter Determination and the Great Argument
Introduction
The Golden Chain Argument
Technical Treasures
Geoheliocentrism
Parameter Determination
Notes for Chapter 5
Conclusion: An End to Epistemology?
Notes for the Conclusion
Figures
References
