Epistemology’s Prime Evils
Abstract This essay addresses what we can call epistemology’s Prime Evils. These are the three demons epistemologists have conjured that are the most troublesome and the most difficult to dispel: Descartes’ classic demon; Lehrer and Cohen’s New Evil Demon; and Schaffer’s Debasing Demon. These demons...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2021, Volume: 11, Issue: 4, Pages: 312-354 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Epistemological contextualism
/ Cartesianism
/ Demon (Motif)
/ Scepticism
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism VA Philosophy |
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debasing demon
B New Evil Demon B Evil Demon B Justification B Skepticism B Knowledge |
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