Designed to accompany Epistemology: An Anthology or stand alone as a concise primer, this is a straightforward and accessible introduction to contemporary epistemology for those studying the topic for the first time. A step-by-step introduction to contemporary epistemology, with coverage of skepticism, epistemic justification, epistemic closure, virtue epistemology, naturalized epistemology, and more ; Explains the main arguments of the most influential publications from the last 50 years ; Contextualizes key concepts and themes, instead of treating them in isolations ; Straightforward and accessible for those studying the topic for the first time ; Designed to accompany the second edition of Epistemology: An Anthology (Wiley Blackwell, 2008), but stands on its own as a concise introduction to the key ideas and arguments in epistemology"--Provided by publisher.