Robert F. Almeder, Professor of Philosophy at Georgia State University, has written widely on epistemology and philosophy of science, including The Philosophy of Charles S. Peirce: A Critical Introduction (Rowman & Littlefield, 1980).

Blind Realism originated in the deeply felt conviction that the widespread acceptance of Gettier-type counterexamples to the classical definition of knowledge rests in a demonstrably erroneous understanding of the nature of human knowledge. In seeking to defend that conviction, Robert F. Almeder offers a fairly detailed and systematic picture of the nature and limits of human factual knowledge.