In Defense of Piecemeal Skepticism
Anthony Brueckner and Jon Altschul suggest a version of skepticism according to which the skeptic posits a distinct skeptical hypothesis for each external world proposition that a person claims to know. In a recent issue of this journal, Eric Yang argues against this piecemeal approach. In this note...
Veröffentlicht in: | International journal for the study of skepticism |
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2017
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International journal for the study of skepticism
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normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Außenwelt
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/ Skeptizismus
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weitere Schlagwörter: | B
external world skepticism
piecemeal skepticism
skeptical hypothesis
brains in a vat
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Zusammenfassung: | Anthony Brueckner and Jon Altschul suggest a version of skepticism according to which the skeptic posits a distinct skeptical hypothesis for each external world proposition that a person claims to know. In a recent issue of this journal, Eric Yang argues against this piecemeal approach. In this note, I show that Yang’s argument against piecemeal skepticism is fallacious. |
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ISSN: | 2210-5700 |
Enthält: | In: International journal for the study of skepticism
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-006011231 |