A Note on the Significance of the Surface Inquiry
It is a plain fact that the backs of solid objects are not in view. This has no skeptical significance, for reasons Austin explains. Skeptical implications could attach only to a corresponding non-plain fact. This brings out a distinctive interest in Clarke’s surface inquiry.
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2014, Volume: 4, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 317-321 |
Further subjects: | B
Skepticism
argument from illusion
capacities
fallibility
Austin
perception
surfaces
Clarke
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Summary: | It is a plain fact that the backs of solid objects are not in view. This has no skeptical significance, for reasons Austin explains. Skeptical implications could attach only to a corresponding non-plain fact. This brings out a distinctive interest in Clarke’s surface inquiry. |
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ISSN: | 2210-5700 |
Contains: | In: International journal for the study of skepticism
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-04010006 |