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Radical Skepticism and the Shadow of Doubt - A Philosophical Dialogue (Hardcover, HPOD)
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Radical Skepticism and the Shadow of Doubt - A Philosophical Dialogue (Hardcover, HPOD)
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Radical Skepticism and the Shadow of Doubt brings something new to
epistemology both in content and style. At the outset we are asked
to imagine a person named Vatol who grows up in a world containing
numerous people who are brains-in-vats and who hallucinate their
entire lives. Would Vatol have reason to doubt whether he himself
is in contact with reality? If he does have reason to doubt, would
he doubt, or is it impossible for a person to have such doubts? And
how do we ourselves compare to Vatol? After reflection, can we
plausibly claim that Vatol has reason to doubt, but we don't? These
are the questions that provide the novel framework for the debates
in this book. Topics that are treated here in significantly new
ways include: the view that we ought to doubt only when we
philosophize; epistemological "dogmatism"; and connections between
radical doubt and "having a self." The book adopts the innovative
form of a "dialogue/play." The three characters, who are Talmud
students as well as philosophers, hardly limit themselves to pure
philosophy, but regale each other with Talmudic allusions,
reminiscences, jokes, and insults. For them the possibility of
doubt emerges as an existential problem with potentially deep
emotional significance. Setting complex arguments about radical
skepticism within entertaining dialogue, this book can be
recommended for both beginners and specialists.
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