ISBN:
9781902683454
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9781902683461
Language:
English
Pages:
vi, 218 pages
Year of publication:
2014
Series Statement:
Central problems of philosophy
DDC:
149.91
Keywords:
Skepticism
Abstract:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The whimsical condition of mankind; 1 Scepticism and knowledge; 2 The legacy of Socrates; 3 Demons, doubt and common life; 4 Transcendental meditations; 5 Un/natural doubts; 6 Internalisms and externalisms; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Abstract:
The history of scepticism is assumed by many to be the history of failed responses to a problem first raised by Descartes. While the thought of the ancient sceptics is acknowledged, their principle concern with how to live a good life is regarded as bearing little, if any, relation to the work of contemporary epistemologists. In ""Scepticism"" Neil Gascoigne engages with the work of canonical philosophers from Descartes, Hume and Kant through to Moore, Austin, and Wittgenstein to show how themes that first emerged in the Hellenistic period are inextricably bound up with the historical developm
Note:
First published 2002 by Acumen
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
