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Tables of Contents for The Reliability of Sense Perception
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Introduction
1
11
The Problem
1
1
Significance of the Problem
2
2
Ways of Belief Formation
4
3
Doxastic Practices
7
1
Reliability
8
4
Track Record and Other Simple Empirical Arguments for Reliability
12
14
A Track Record Argument for the Reliability of Sense Perceptual Practice (SP)
12
3
Epistemic Circularity
15
2
A Piecemeal Approach
17
2
Back to SP as a Whole
19
3
Pragmatic Arguments: Validation by Fruits
22
3
The Road Ahead
25
1
A Priori Arguments
26
34
Theological Arguments
26
4
Verificationism
30
2
Criteria of Physical Object Concepts
32
13
Paradigm Case Arguments
45
8
The Private Language Argument
53
4
Transcendental Arguments
57
3
Empirical Arguments for the Reliability of SP
60
60
The Explanation of Sensory Experience
60
10
The Explanation of Patterns in Sense Experience
70
8
Attempts to Support the Standard Explanation
78
19
Explanations of Our Success in Predicting Our Experience
97
4
Problems with the Argument
101
14
How Widespread Is the Circularity Problem?
115
5
Where Do We Go from Here?
120
21
The Problem
120
4
A Practical Argument for the Rationality of SP
124
6
Practical Rationality and Reliability
130
4
Overriders of Prima Facie Rationality
134
4
Significant Self-Support
138
3
Bibliography
141
4
Index
145