Skepticism – The Central Issues

en Limba Engleză Hardback – 20 mar 2002

This book presents and analyzes the most important arguments in the history of Western philosophy's skeptical tradition. It demonstrates that, although powerful, these arguments are quite limited and fail to prove their core assertion that knowledge is beyond our reach.

It dissects the problems of realism and the philosophical doubts about the accuracy of the senses. It explores the ancient argument against a criterion of knowledge, Descartes' skeptical arguments, and skeptical arguments applied to inductive inference and self-knowledge. It uses Moore's proof of an external world and the reliabilist conception of knowledge to illustrate that the traditional skeptical arguments fail to meet their mark.

The book concludes with a chapter on the problem of knowledge, which leaves the reader with an understanding of the strength of skeptical arguments as well as their limits.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780631213550
ISBN-10: 0631213554
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 170 x 241 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

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undergraduate and graduate students studying epistemology and skepticism

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This book presents and analyzes the most important arguments in the history of Western philosophya s skeptical tradition. It demonstrates that, although powerful, these arguments are quite limited and fail to prove their core assertion that knowledge is beyond our reach.

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