The illusion of doubt / Genia Schönbaumsfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schönbaumsfeld, Genia, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skepticism.

Belief and doubt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

'The Illusion of Doubt' confronts one of the most important questions in philosophy - what can we know? The radical sceptic's answer is 'not very much' if we cannot prove that we are not subject to (permanent) deception, and shows that the radical sceptical problem is an illusion created by a mistaken picture of our evidential situation.

Contents:

Introduction: Dissolution, not Refutation

The 'Default View' of Perceptual Reasons and 'Closure-Based' Sceptical Arguments

Forms of 'Envatment': 'Local' and 'Global' -Radical Scepticism and 'Private' Language -The Incoherence of Global Validation- Realism without Empiricism

Conclusion: The End of a Scandal.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 8, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

0-19-182659-6