This volume presents 38 classic texts in formal epistemology and strengthens the ties between
research into this area of philosophy and its neighbouring intellectual disciplines. The
editors provide introductions to five subsections: Bayesian Epistemology Belief Change
Decision Theory Interactive Epistemology and Epistemic Logic.'Formal epistemology' is a term
coined in the late 1990s for a new constellation of interests in philosophy the origins of
which are found in earlier works of epistemologists philosophers of science and logicians. It
addresses a growing agenda of problems concerning knowledge belief certainty rationality
deliberation decision strategy action and agent interaction - and it does so using methods
from logic probability computability decision and game theory. The volume also includes a
thorough index and suggestions for further reading and thus offers a complete teaching and
research package for students as well as research scholars of formal epistemology philosophy
logic computer science theoretical economics and cognitive psychology.
