Epistemic angst : radical skepticism and the groundlessness of our believing / Duncan Pritchard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pritchard, Duncan, author.

Series:

Soochow University lectures in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skepticism.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Belief and doubt.

Physical Description:

xv, 239 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]

Contents:

Part 1 Epistemic Angst 9

Chapter 1 Radical Skepticism and Closure 11

1 The Contemporary Radical Skeptical Paradox 11

2 Undercutting versus Overriding Anti-skeptical Strategies 16

3 An Overriding Anti-skeptical Strategy (I): Nonclosure 17

4 An Overriding Anti-skeptical Strategy (II): Epistemic Externalism 19

5 Radical Skepticism about Rationally Grounded Knowledge 22

6 An Overriding Anti-skeptical Strategy (III): Abductivism 25

7 Concluding Remarks 28

Chapter 2 Radical Skepticism and Underdetermination 29

0 Introductory Remarks 29

1 Radical Skepticism and the Underdetermination Principle 29

2 An Overriding Anti-skeptical Strategy: Epistemic Externalism 32

3 Attributer Contextualism as an Overriding Anti-skeptical Strategy 36

4 Attributer Contextualism as an Undercutting Anti-skeptical Strategy 40

5 Comparing the Two Forms of Radical Skepticism 46

6 The Source of Underdetermination-Based Radical Skepticism 49

7 Two Sources of Radical Skepticism 54

8 Anti-skeptical Desiderata 58

Part 2 Wittgenstein and the Groundlessness of Our Believing 61

Chapter 3 Wittgenstein on the Structure of Rational Evaluation 63

0 Introductory Remarks 63

1 Wittgenstein on the Structure of Rational Evaluation 63

2 Wittgenstein contra the Skeptical "Paradox" 66

3 A Core Problem for the Wittgensteinian Account of the Structure of Rational Evaluation 70

4 Epistemic Ways of Developing the Wittgensteinian Account of the Structure of Rational Evaluation (I): The Externalist Reading 73

5 Epistemic Ways of Developing the Wittgensteinian Account of the Structure of Rational Evaluation (II): The Entitlement Reading 77

6 A Nonepistemic Way of Developing the Wittgensteinian Account of the Structure of Rational Evaluation: The Nonpropositional Reading 84

7 Concluding Remarks 87

Chapter 4 Hinge Commitments 89

0 Introductory Remarks 89

1 The Nonbelief Reading 90

2 Hinge Commitments 94

3 Anti-skeptical Contrasts (I): Inferential Contextualism 103

4 Anti-skeptical Contrasts (II): Strawsonian Naturalism 110

5 Anti-skeptical Contrasts (III): Davidsonian Content Externalism 112

6 Wittgensteinian Anti-skepticism and Underdetermination-Based Radical Skepticism 113

7 Epistemic Priority and Underdetermination-Based Radical Skepticism 116

8 Concluding Remarks 118

Part 3 Epistemological Disjunctivism 121

Chapter 5 Epistemological Disjunctivism and the Factivity of Reasons 123

0 Introductory Remarks 123

1 Epistemological Disjunctivism in Outline 123

2 Three Core Problems for Epistemological Disjunctivism 127

3 Epistemological Disjunctivism qua Anti-skeptical Strategy 132

4 Radical Skepticism and Favoring/Discriminating Epistemic Support 136

5 Concluding Remarks 142

Chapter 6 Epistemological Disjunctivism and Closure-Based Radical Skepticism 144

0 Introductory Remarks 144

1 Anti-skeptical Contrasts (I): Rational Support Contextualism 144

2 Anti-skeptical Contrasts (II): Contrastivism 153

3 Anti-skeptical Contrasts (III): Dogmatism 157

4 A Weakness in Epistemological Disjunctivism 160

5 Epistemological Disjunctivism and Its Competitors 163

6 Concluding Remarks 166

Part 4 Farewell to Epistemic Angst 167

Chapter 7 Farewell to Epistemic Angst 169

0 Introductory Remarks 169

1 Recap: The Problem of Radical Skepticism 169

2 The Biscopic Proposal: Epistemic Angst Avoided 173

3 Some Anti-skeptical Contrasts 179

4 Concluding Postscript: Epistemic Vertigo 184.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691167237

0691167230

OCLC:

908083970