Scepticism by a Thousand Cuts
Global sceptical arguments seek to undermine vast swathes of our putative knowledge by deploying hypotheses that posit massive deception or error. Local sceptical arguments seek to undermine just a small region of putative knowledge, using hypotheses that posit deception or error of a more mundane k...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2016
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International journal for the study of skepticism
Année: 2016, Volume: 6, Numéro: 1, Pages: 44-52 |
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Théorie de la connaissance
/ Supposition (Logique)
/ Réfutation
/ Scepticisme
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Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Knowledge
evidence
global sceptical argument
local sceptical argument
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Résumé: | Global sceptical arguments seek to undermine vast swathes of our putative knowledge by deploying hypotheses that posit massive deception or error. Local sceptical arguments seek to undermine just a small region of putative knowledge, using hypotheses that posit deception or error of a more mundane kind. Those epistemologists who have devised anti-sceptical strategies have tended to have global sceptical arguments firmly in their sights. I argue here that local sceptical arguments, while less dramatic, ultimately pose just as serious a challenge to our epistemic self-image and that some prominent anti-sceptical strategies are very poorly placed to meet it. |
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ISSN: | 2210-5700 |
Contient: | In: International journal for the study of skepticism
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-05011177 |