This book is about knowledge and its value. The central hypothesis is that humans think and speak of knowing in order to identify reliable informants, which is vital for human survival, cooperation, and flourishing. This simple idea is used to answer an array of complex and consequential philosophical questions.

• Introduction


• Chapter 1. Methodologies in Epistemology


• Chapter 2. The Point of Knowledge


• Chapter 3. The Value of Fallible Knowledge


• Chapter 4. Impure Knowledge


• Chapter 5. Pluralism about Knowledge


• Chapter 6. Epistemic Diversity


• Chapter 7. Epistemic Pragmatism


• Chapter 8. Skepticism and the Point of Knowledge


• Chapter 9. What's the Point of Understanding?


• Bibliography

Michael Hannon is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. After receiving his PhD from the University of Cambridge, he served as Deputy Director of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of London. His research in epistemology covers topics such as skepticism, fallibilism, the value of knowledge, and the role of truth in politics. He founded the Political Epistemology Network and holds a British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award for his project on political epistemology.