Philosophical skepticism / edited by Charles Landesman and Roblin Meeks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Landesman, Charles.

Meeks, Roblin.

Series:

Blackwell readings in philosophy ; 6.

Blackwell readings in philosophy ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skepticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Philosophical Skepticism provides a selection of texts drawn from the skeptical tradition of Western philosophy as well as texts written by opponents of skepticism. Taken together with the historical introduction by Landesman and Meeks, these texts clearly illustrate the profound influence that skeptical stances have had on the nature of philosophical inquiry.Draws a selection of texts from the skeptical tradition of Western philosophy as well as texts written by opponents of skepticism. Spans centuries of skeptical and anti-skeptical arguments, from Socra

Contents:

Philosophical Skepticism; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Global Skepticism; 1 Plato,from Apology; 2 Diogenes Laertius,from Pyrrho; 3 Cicero,from Academica; 4 Sextus Empiricus,from Outlines of Pyrrhonism; 5 Rene Descartes,""Meditation I""; 6 David Hume,from An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding; 7 Thomas Nagel,from The View from Nowhere; 8 Peter Unger,""A Defense of Skepticism""; Part II: Skeptical Topics; Perception; 9 W.T.Stace,""The Refutation of Realism""; 10 G.E.Moore,from ""Proof of an External World""; 11 J. L.Austin,from Sense and Sensibilia; Induction

12 Hans Reichenbach,from The Theory of Probability13 Michael Levin,""Reliabilism and Induction""; Other Minds; 14 Thomas Nagel,""Other Minds""; 15 Bertrand Russell,""Analogy""; 16 Norman Malcolm,""Knowledge of Other Minds""; Self-Knowledge; 17 Rene Descartes,""Meditation II""; 18 David Hume,""Of Personal Identity""; 19 Immanuel Kant,from ""The Paralogisms of Pure Reason""; 20 Friedrich Nietzsche,from Beyond Good and Evil; 21 Ludwig Wittgenstein,from Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus; Religious Belief; 22 Michel de Montaigne,from ""Apology for Raymond Sebond""; 23 Blaise Pascal,from Pensees

24 David Hume,from ""Of Miracles""25 S0ren Kierkegaard,from Concluding Unscientific Postscript; Part III: Responses and Reactions; 26 Rene Descartes,from ""Meditation VI""; 27 Jean-Baptiste Moliere,from The Forced Marriage; 28 David Hume,from A Treatise of Human Nature; 29 Thomas Reid,from Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man; 30 Immanuel Kant,from Prolegomena and Critique of Pure Reason; 31 Martin Heidegger,from Being and Time; 32 W. V. Quine,from ""Two Dogmas of Empiricism"" and ""Epistemology Naturalized""; 33 Richard Rorty,""Solidarity or Objectivity?""; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611309503

9781281309501

1281309508

9780470693476

0470693479

9780470692752

0470692758

OCLC:

437218607