No Closure On Skepticism
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 92 (4):439-447 (2011)
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This article is a response to an important objection that Sherrilyn Roush has made to the standard closure-based argument for skepticism, an argument that has been studied over the past couple of decades. If Roush's objection is on the mark, then this would be a quite significant finding. We argue that her objection failsAuthor's Profile
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10.1111/j.1468-0114.2011.01405.x
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