That Object of Obscure Desire

This essay looks at Thompson Clarke’s two published essays in the context of his doctoral dissertation. In the dissertation the topics of those essays fit into a general scheme. There is supposed to be a uniform form of “inquiry,” which, as Clarke sees it, is present in both the case for skepticism...

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Main Author: Travis, Charles (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2014, Volume: 4, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 288-316
Further subjects:B surface inquiry sense-datum inquiry rules occasion-sensitivity perception Thompson Clarke Harold Prichard Gottlob Frege
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