| Preface | |
| Ch. 1 | Introduction | 1 |
| i | The Problem | 1 |
| ii | Significance of the Problem | 2 |
| iii | Ways of Belief Formation | 4 |
| iv | Doxastic Practices | 7 |
| v | Reliability | 8 |
| Ch. 2 | Track Record and Other Simple Empirical Arguments for Reliability | 12 |
| i | A Track Record Argument for the Reliability of Sense Perceptual Practice (SP) | 12 |
| ii | Epistemic Circularity | 15 |
| iii | A Piecemeal Approach | 17 |
| iv | Back to SP as a Whole | 19 |
| v | Pragmatic Arguments: Validation by Fruits | 22 |
| vi | The Road Ahead | 25 |
| Ch. 3 | A Priori Arguments | 26 |
| i | Theological Arguments | 26 |
| ii | Verificationism | 30 |
| iii | Criteria of Physical Object Concepts | 32 |
| iv | Paradigm Case Arguments | 45 |
| v | The Private Language Argument | 53 |
| vi | Transcendental Arguments | 57 |
| Ch. 4 | Empirical Arguments for the Reliability of SP | 60 |
| i | The Explanation of Sensory Experience | 60 |
| ii | The Explanation of Patterns in Sense Experience | 70 |
| iii | Attempts to Support the Standard Explanation | 78 |
| iv | Explanations of Our Success in Predicting Our Experience | 97 |
| v | Problems with the Argument | 101 |
| vi | How Widespread Is the Circularity Problem? | 115 |
| Ch. 5 | Where Do We Go from Here? | 120 |
| i | The Problem | 120 |
| ii | A Practical Argument for the Rationality of SP | 124 |
| iii | Practical Rationality and Reliability | 130 |
| iv | Overriders of Prima Facie Rationality | 134 |
| v | Significant Self-Support | 138 |
| Bibliography | 141 |
| Index | 145 |