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.” -Rene DescartesContentsPrefacePart General Issues About Knowledge and u0026 Justification1. Introduction2. What Is Knowledge?3. More Logical and Semantic Debates4. The Structure of Knowledge5. Grounds of Foundational Justification6. Meta-Knowledge7. Taxonomy and Paradigms of KnowledgePart Sources of Knowledge8. Perception and u0026 Skepticism9. Theories of Perception10. Pure Reason11. Memory12. Induction13. TestimonyPart Areas of Knowledge14. Scientific Knowledge15. Moral Knowledge16. Religious KnowledgePart Applied Epistemology17. Rational Irrationality18. Critical Thinking and Trust in Experts19. Peer DisagreementAfterwordGlossaryMichael 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.

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