The Oxford Handbook of Skepticism - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0195183215 ISBN 13: 9780195183214

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2008

Riassunto

In the history of philosophical thought, few themes loom as large as skepticism. Skepticism has been the most visible and important part of debates about knowledge. Skepticism at its most basic questions our cognitive achievements, challenges our ability to obtain reliable knowledge; casting doubt on our attempts to seek and understand the truth about everything from ethics, to other minds, religious belief, and even the underlying structure of matter and reality. Since Descartes, the defense of knowledge against skepticism has been one of the primary tasks not just of epistemology but philosophy itself.

The Oxford Handbook of Skepticism features twenty-six newly commissioned chapters by top figures in the field. Part One contains articles explaining important kinds of skeptical reasoning. Part Two focuses on responses to skeptical arguments. Part Three concentrates on important contemporary issues revolving around skepticism. As the first volume of its kind, the articles make significant contributions to the debate on skepticism.

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Contenuti:

• Introduction: Greco
• Part One. Varieties of Skepticism and Skeptical Arguments
• 1: The Pyrrhonian Problematic- Lammenranta
• 2: The Problem of the Criterion- Fumerton
• 3: Cartesian Skepticism: Arguments and Antecedents- Bermudez
• 4: Hume's Skepticism- Michael Williams
• 5: Skepticism about the External World- Greco
• 6: Skepticism about Induction- Weintraub
• 7: Skepticism about A Priori Justification: Self-evidence, Defeasibility, and Cogito Propositions- Audi
• 8: Moral Realism, Quasi-Realism and Skepticism- Cuneo
• 9: Religious Skepticism -Moser
• 10: Live Skeptical Hypotheses -Frances
• Part Two. Responses to Skepticism
• 11: Berkeley's Treatment of Skepticism -Pappas
• 12: Kant's Response to Skepticism- Stern
• 13: Reid's Response to Skepticism-Van Cleve
• 14: Peirce and Skepticism -Hookway
• 15: Moore's Common Sense Response- Lemos
• 16: Austin's Way with Skepticism -Kaplan
• 17: Wittgentein on Certainty -McGinn
• 18: Relativism as a Response to Skepticism-Graham
• Part Three. Contemporary Issues
• 19: Ascriber Contextualism- Cohen
• 20: Sensitivity, Safety, and Anti-Luck Epistemology -Pritchard
• 21: Closure and Alternative Possibilities -Kvanvig
• 22: Contemporary Responses to the Regress Argument- Klein
• 23: Externalist Responses to Skepticism -Bergmann
• 24: Internalist Responses to Skepticism -Vogel
• 25: Virtue-theoretic Responses to Skepticism -Axtell
• 26: Disjunctivism and Skepticism- Millar

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• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0195183215
• ISBN 13: 9780195183214
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 624
• Redattore: Greco John