Scepticism and the possibility of knowledge / A. C. Grayling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grayling, A. C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skepticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A book on scepticism from Anthony Grayling is to be greatly valued. Grayling is rare among academic philosophers: he is not only a brilliant thinker, but also has the power to communicate serious ideas to a wide audience. The subject of Scepticism is one of particular interest to people today. It is well known that Grayling reserves particular scepticism for religious statements, but that is only part of this compelling new book. Scepticism as a philosophical term is as old as the Greeks but has more recently been advanced by Montaigne, Descartes and Hume. To these, what little we know that se

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Part I: Cartesian Responses; 1 Berkeley's Argument for Immaterialism; 2 Russell, Experience and the Roots of Science; 3 Russell's Transcendental Argument in An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry; Part II: Two Varieties of Naturalism; 4 Wittgenstein on Scepticism and Certainty; 5 Naturalistic Assumptions: Quine; Part III: Scepticism and Justification; 6 Scepticism and Justification; Index; D; K; Q; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-20239-5

9786613202390

1-4411-0465-8

1-4411-0022-9

OCLC:

727646913