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Philosophy Epistemology

Scepticism

by (author) Neil Gascoigne

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2002
Category
Epistemology
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    ISBN
    9780773581975
    Publish Date
    Nov 2002
    List Price
    $34.95

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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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