Chapter Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter you should be able to:

1. explain what epistemology is

2. distinguish between Cartesian and Humean skepticism

3. identify three anchor points of rationalism and indicate how these are illustrated in the thought of Socrates, Plato, and Descartes

4. identify three anchor points of empiricism and relate these to the views of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume

5. show how Kant's constructivist epistemology steers a middle course between rationalism and empiricism

6. discuss and critique several varieties of epistemic relativism, especially Nietzsche's radical perspectivism

7. explain how pragmatism introduces a significantly new perspective into traditional epistemology

8. describe some common criticisms of traditional epistemology made by feminists

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