A Priori Skepticism and the KK Thesis
In a previous article, I argued against the widespread reluctance of philosophers to treat skeptical challenges to our a priori knowledge of necessary truths with the same seriousness as skeptical challenges to our a posteriori knowledge of contingent truths. Hamid Vahid has recently offered several...
Publié dans: | International journal for the study of skepticism |
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2015
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International journal for the study of skepticism
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Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Skepticism
a priori skepticism
second-order knowledge
kk thesis
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Résumé: | In a previous article, I argued against the widespread reluctance of philosophers to treat skeptical challenges to our a priori knowledge of necessary truths with the same seriousness as skeptical challenges to our a posteriori knowledge of contingent truths. Hamid Vahid has recently offered several reasons for thinking the unequal treatment of these two kinds of skepticism is justified, one of which is a priori skepticism’s seeming dependence upon the widely scorned kk thesis. In the present article, I defend a priori skepticism against Vahid’s criticisms. |
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ISSN: | 2210-5700 |
Contient: | In: International journal for the study of skepticism
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-04010005 |