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1 online resource (378 pages) |
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Blackwell Readings in Philosophy |
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Blackwell readings in philosophy.
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| Contents |
Philosophical Skepticism; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Global Skepticism; 1 Plato, from Apology; 2 Diogenes Laertius, from Pyrrho; 3 Cicero, from Academica; 4 Sextus Empiricus, from Outlines of Pyrrhonism; 5 Rene Descartes, "Meditation I"; 6 David Hume, from An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding; 7 Thomas Nagel, from The View from Nowhere; 8 Peter Unger, "A Defense of Skepticism"; Part II: Skeptical Topics; Perception; Induction; Other Minds; Self-Knowledge; Religious Belief; Part III: Responses and Reactions; 26 Rene Descartes, from "Meditation VI." |
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27 Jean-Baptiste Moliere, from The Forced Marriage28 David Hume, from A Treatise of Human Nature; 29 Thomas Reid, from Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man; 30 Immanuel Kant, from Prolegomena and Critique of Pure Reason; 31 Martin Heidegger, from Being and Time; 32 W.V. Quine, from "Two Dogmas of Empiricism" and "Epistemology Naturalized"; 33 Richard Rorty, "Solidarity or Objectivity?"; Index |
| Summary |
Philosophical Skepticism provides a selection of texts drawn from the skeptical tradition of Western philosophy as well as texts written by opponents of skepticism. Taken together with the historical introduction by Landesman and Meeks, these texts clearly illustrate the profound influence that skeptical stances have had on the nature of philosophical inquiry.:.; Draws a selection of texts from the skeptical tradition of Western philosophy as well as texts written by opponents of skepticism.; Spans centuries of skeptical and anti-skeptical arguments, from Socrates to Rorty.; Includes essays by |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Skepticism.
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Skepticism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Meeks, Roblin
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| ISBN |
9780470692752 |
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0470692758 |
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