Scepticism

Neil Gascoigne

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 2002

Scepticism

Neil Gascoigne

Volume 6 in the series Central Problems of Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773581975

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Ever since Descartes identified the first task of philosophy as the defeat of scepticism, the challenge posed by scepticism has remained a central problem for epistemology. Neil Gascoigne introduces the sceptical arguments and methods of the canonical philosophers from Sextus Empiricus's Pyrrhonism to Hume before examining the so-called "therapeutic" approaches to scepticism and arguments for scepticism's apparent intractability.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Introduction: The whimsical condition of mankind Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Scepticism and knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
The legacy of Socrates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Demons, doubt and common life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
Transcendental meditations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
Un/natural doubts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Internalisms and externalisms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
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Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
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Published: November 26, 2002
ISBN: 9780773581975