The Possibility of Knowledge
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loginThis book is about how-possible questions in epistemology. A how-possible question asks how something is, or was, possible. Such questionsaren’t necessarily philosophical. Students of British politics might won-der how it was possible for John Major to become Prime Ministerin 1990 but this is a question for historians and political scientistsrather than for philosophers. The how-possible questions that are ofphilosophical interest are metaphysical, ethical, or epistemological. So,for example, a philosopher might ask how freedom of the will is possibleor how evil is possible or how knowledge is possible. The latter is anexample of an epistemological how-possible question. The followingchapters are about how this question arises and what a good answer toit would look like.
