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In epistemology the nagging voice of the sceptic has always been
present. Over the last thirty years or so philosophers have thought
of several promising ways to counter the radical sceptic: for
instance, facts about the reliability of our cognitive processes,
principles determining which possibilities must be ruled out in
order to have knowledge, and principles regarding the
context-sensitivity of knowledge attributions. In this entertaining
and provocative book, Bryan Frances presents a new argument
template for generating new kinds of radical scepticism, ones that
hold even if all the clever anti-sceptical fixes defeat the
traditional sceptic. Not only is the argument schema novel, but the
sceptical consequences are entirely unexpected. Although the new
sceptic concludes that we don't know that fire engines are red,
that we sometimes have pains in our knees, or even that we believe
that fire engines are red or that knees sometimes throb, he admits
that we know millions of exotic truths such as the fact that black
holes exist. You can know about the existence of black holes, but
not about the colour of your shirt or even about what you believe
regarding the colour of your shirt. The new sceptical arguments
proceed in the usual way (here's a sceptical hypothesis; you can't
neutralize it, you have to be able to neutralize it to know P; so
you don't know P), but the sceptical hypotheses plugged into it are
'real live' scientific-philosophical hypotheses often thought to be
actually true, such as error theories about belief, colour, pain
location, and character traits. Frances investigates the questions,
'Under what conditions do we need to rule out these error theories
in order to know things inconsistent with them?' and 'Can we rule
them out?' Particular attention is paid to recent methods used to
counter the traditional sceptic. Sharp, witty, and fun to read,
Scepticism Comes Alive will be highly provocative for anyone
interested in knowledge and its limits.
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Imprint: |
Clarendon Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2005 |
First published: |
August 2005 |
Authors: |
Bryan Frances
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Dimensions: |
224 x 145 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
222 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-928213-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
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LSN: |
0-19-928213-7 |
Barcode: |
9780199282135 |
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