Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Evidence and Argument -- Observational Data -- Experimental Data -- The Argument -- The Explanation -- Prefatory Remarks -- More Challenging -- 2. Extensions and Connections -- Know How -- Guaranteed Knowledge -- Knowledge Valued -- Outstanding Questions -- Reaching Understanding -- Liar's Knowledge -- 3. Objections and Replies -- Ignorant Assertions -- Unlucky Falsehoods -- Lucky Truths -- Excuses, Excuses -- Irrelevant Assessments -- Weak Challenges -- Pre-Theoretic Data -- Apocryphal Paradox -- Unbelievable Objections -- Certain Competition -- No Contest -- 4. Prospects and Horizons -- What "Should"? -- Good Enough? -- Super Norm? -- Requisite Truth -- Requisite Knowledge -- Inside and Out -- Intuitive Connections -- A Coincidence? -- Why Knowledge? -- Coda -- References -- Index.

Concise, comprehensive, non-technical, and thoroughly accessible, this volume quickly brings readers to the cutting edge of a major research program at the intersection of philosophy and science. It presupposes no philosophical or scientific training. It will be of interest to philosophers and scientists, is suitable for use in graduate and undergraduate courses, and will appeal to general readers interested in human nature, social cognition, and communication.

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