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This text is about the idea that goodness is the correctness condition for desire, in the same way that truth is the correctness condition for belief. Allan Hazlett argues that, given this similarity between desire and belief, desires, like beliefs, can both amount to knowledge and be justified or unjustified.

Skepticism remains a central and defining issue in epistemology, and in the wider tradition of Western philosophy. To better understand the contemporary position of this important philosophical subject, Allan Hazlett introduces a range of topics, including: Ancient skepticism skeptical arguments in the work of Hume and Descartes Cartesian skepticism in contemporary epistemology anti-skeptical strategies, including Mooreanism, nonclosure, and contextualism additional varieties of skepticism the practical consequences of Cartesian skepticism Presenting a comprehensive survey of the key pro