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Skepticism about the external world / Panayot Butchvarov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butchvarov, Panayot, 1933- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Skepticism.
- Realism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Do we know or even have evidence that external material objects exist? Butchvarov offers an original approach to this perennial philosophical issue, putting forward a radical theory of perception in proposing that perceived material objects do not necessarily actually exist. The metaphysics of reality, unreality and perception are explored.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. Direct Realism; 2. The Adverbial Theory; 3. The Skeptic's Argument; 4. A First Answer to the Skeptic; 5. Our Concept of Reality; 6. The Untruth and the Truth of Skepticism; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-177) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773167-8
- 1-280-47039-9
- 0-19-535363-3
- 0-585-21180-9
- OCLC:
- 476012199
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