Fear of Knowledge

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The Social Construction of Knowledge


• 3: Constructing the Facts


• 4: Relativizing the Facts


• 5: Epistemic Relativism Defended


• 6: Epistemic Relativism Rejected


• 7: The Paradox Resolved


• 8: Epistemic Reasons and the Explanation of Belief


• Epilogue

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