Comments on Penelope Maddy’s What Do Philosophers Do?
I here offer a discussion of some of Penelope Maddy’s responses to philosophical scepticism in her recent book, What Do Philosophers Do? Among other things, I suggest that philosophers who take an interest in human knowledge are not primarily concerned with whether anyone knows anything about the wo...
| Published in: | International journal for the study of skepticism |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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International journal for the study of skepticism
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Maddy, Penelope 1950-, What do philosophers do?
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dream argument
argument from illusion
perceptual knowledge
Descartes
Austin
Hobbes
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| Summary: | I here offer a discussion of some of Penelope Maddy’s responses to philosophical scepticism in her recent book, What Do Philosophers Do? Among other things, I suggest that philosophers who take an interest in human knowledge are not primarily concerned with whether anyone knows anything about the world, but rather with understanding how we know the things we do in the face of the difficulties that seem naturally to arise in the explanations they come up with. |
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| ISSN: | 2210-5700 |
| Contains: | In: International journal for the study of skepticism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-20181324 |