What's the best book on epistemology?

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weEVIL Posted: Thu, Mar 17 2011 1:28 PM

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I have come to realize that one can learn logic and still be a moron if he doesn't know epistemology to back it up, so I'd like to ask around for recommendations of books regarding epistemology.

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Isaac "Izzy" Marmolejo replied on Thu, Mar 17 2011 2:49 PM

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It depends on which philosopher you want to learn epistemology from... I am an Immanuel Kant fan but he is probably one of the hardest philosophers to get down. (Plus his books are very dry and boring, it is like reading a tectbook.) \

"The Critique of Pure Reason" by Kant

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Consumariat replied on Thu, Mar 17 2011 3:07 PM

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Try and get hold of a series of lectures by The Teaching Company called The Phiosophy of Science. Well recomended for  balanced look at all the positions. Expensive to buy, but less so if you know where else to look.

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I. Ryan replied on Thu, Mar 17 2011 4:37 PM

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weEVIL:

I have come to realize that one can learn logic and still be a moron if he doesn't know epistemology to back it up, so I'd like to ask around for recommendations of books regarding epistemology.

Epistemology for what?

If it's for everything (the 2nd paragraph), I would recommend Human Nature. If it's for economics (the 3rd paragraph), I would recommend Human Action, Theory and History, and The Ultimate Foundation. And if it's for anything else, I would probably leave that to somebody else.