Gascoigne explores the challenge to epistemology itself and considers two contemporary responses: the turn against foundationalist epistemology in favour of more naturalistic conceptions of inquiry, and the resistance to this response by non-naturalistically inclined philosophers. This contextualization of the sceptical debate gives students a better appreciation of the methodological importance of sceptical reasoning, an analytic understanding of the structure of sceptical arguments (including an assessment of whether the theoretical burden lies with the sceptic or anti-sceptic), and an awareness of the significance of scepticism for other areas of philosophical inquiry.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 149/.73
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0773524762 9780773581975
- LCCN
- B837
- LCCN Item number
- G38 2002eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (218 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00230116 (OCoLC)767671521 (CaOOCEL)436061
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgements 7
- Introduction: The whimsical condition of mankind 8
- 1 Scepticism and knowledge 13
- 2 The legacy of Socrates 38
- 3 Demons, doubt and common life 75
- 4 Transcendental meditations 107
- 5 Un/natural doubts 140
- 6 Internalisms and externalisms 172
- Notes 205
- Bibliography 214
- Index 220
- A 220
- B 220
- C 221
- D 221
- E 222
- F 222
- G 222
- H 222
- I 223
- J 223
- K 223
- L 224
- M 224
- N 224
- O 224
- P 224
- Q 224
- R 224
- S 225
- T 225
- U 225
- W 225
- Z 225
