Putting Skeptics in Their Place: The Nature of Skeptical Arguments and Their Role in Philosophical Inquiry
Cambridge University Press (2000)
| Abstract | This book is about the nature of skeptical arguments and their role in philosophical inquiry. John Greco delineates three main theses: that a number of historically prominent skeptical arguments make no obvious mistake, and therefore cannot be easily dismissed; that the analysis of skeptical arguments is philosophically useful and important, and should therefore have a central place in the methodology of philosophy; and that taking skeptical arguments seriously requires us to adopt an externalist, reliabilist epistemology. Greco argues that the importance of skeptical arguments is methodological. It is further argued that taking skeptical arguments seriously requires us to adopt a version of 'virtue epistemology', or a theory of knowledge that makes intellectual virtue central in the analysis of knowledge. The above methodology has consequences for moral and religious epistemology; in particular, a theory of moral perception is defended. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Skepticism | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Buy the book | $96.12 new (28% off) $133.00 direct from Amazon Amazon page | |||||||||
| Call number | B837.G74 2000 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 052177263X | |||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,865 |
| External links |
  Try with proxy. |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesPaul Kurtz (2010). Exuberant Skepticism. Prometheus Books 59 John Glenn Drive.
Joshua Seigal (2010). Skeptical Theism, Moral Skepticism, and Divine Deception. Forum Philosophicum 15 (2):251-274.
Mikael Janvid (2006). Contextualism and the Structure of Skeptical Arguments. Dialectica 60 (1):63–77.
Kevin McCain (2013). Two Skeptical Arguments or Only One? Philosophical Studies 164 (2):289-300.
John Greco (2003). Further Thoughts on Agent Reliabilism: Replies to Cohen, Geivett, Kvanvig, and Schmitt and Lahroodi. [REVIEW] Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 66 (2):466–480.
T. A. Warfield (2001). Putting Skeptics in Their Place: The Nature of Skeptical Arguments and Their Role in Philosophical Inquiry. Philosophical Review 110 (4):642-644.
Jonathan Vogel (2004). Review: Putting Skeptics in Their Place: The Nature of Skeptical Arguments and Their Role in Philosophical Inquiry. [REVIEW] Mind 113 (451):552-555.
John Greco (2003). Précis of Putting Skeptics in Their Place: The Nature of Skeptical Arguments and Their Role in Philosophical Inquiry. [REVIEW] Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 66 (2):432–436.
John Greco (ed.) (2008). The Oxford Handbook of Skepticism. Oxford University Press.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads17 ( #72,058 of 556,788 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #64,847 of 556,788 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
