The Oxford Handbook of Skepticism features twenty-six newly commissioned chapters by top figures in the field. It explains important kinds of skeptical reasoning, examines the responses to skeptical arguments, and delves into the important contemporary issues revolving around skepticism. In the history of philosophical thought, few themes loom as large as skepticism. Skepticism has been the most visible and important part of debates about knowledge. Skepticism at its most basic questions our cognitive achievements, challenges our ability to obtain reliable knowledge; casting doubt on our attempts to seek and understand the truth about everything from ethics, to other minds, religious belief,and even the underlying structure of matter and reality. Since Descartes,the defense of knowledge against skepticism has been one of the primary tasksnot just of epistemology but philosophy itself.The Oxford Handbook of Skepticism features twenty-six newly commissioned chapters by top figures in the field. Part One contains articles explaining important kinds of skeptical reasoning. Part Two focuses on responses to skeptical arguments. Part Three concentrates on important contemporary issues revolving around skepticism. As the first volume of its kind, the articles make significant contributions to the debate on skepticism. INDICE: Introduction - John Greco Part One. Varieties of Skepticism and Skeptical Arguments 1. The Pyrrhonian Problematic- Markus Lammenranta 2. The Problem of the Criterion- Richard Fumerton 3. Cartesian Skepticism: Arguments and Antecedents- Jos Luis Bermdez 4. Hume's Skepticism- Michael Williams 5. Skepticism about the External World- John Greco 6. Skepticism about Induction- Weintraub 7. Skepticism about A Priori Justification: Self-evidence, Defeasibility, and Cogito Propositions- Robert Audi 8. Moral Realism, Quasi-Realism and Skepticism- Terence Cuneo 9. Religious Skepticism - Paul K. Moser 10. Live Skeptical Hypotheses - Bryan Frances Part Two. Responses to Skepticism 11. Berkeley's Treatment of Skepticism - George Pappas 12. Kant's Response to Skepticism- Robert Stern 13. Reid's Response to Skepticism- James Van Cleve 14. Peirce and Skepticism - Christopher Hookway 15. Moore's Common Sense Response- Noah Lemos 16. Austin's Way with Skepticism - Mark Kaplan 17. Wittgentein on Certainty -Marie McGinn 18. Relativism as a Response to Skepticism- Peter J. Graham Part Three. Contemporary Issues 19. Ascriber Contextualism- Stewart Cohen 20. Sensitivity, Safety, and Anti-Luck Epistemology - Duncan Pritchard 21. Closure and Alternative Possibilities - Jonathan Kvanvig 22. Contemporary Responses tothe Regress Argument- Peter D. Klein 23. Externalist Responses to Skepticism -Michael Bergmann 24. Internalist Responses to Skepticism - Jonathan Vogel 25.Virtue-theoretic Responses to Skepticism - Guy Axtell 26. Disjunctivism and Skepticism- Alan Millar
- ISBN: 978-0-19-983680-2
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 624
- Fecha Publicación: 17/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés