| Scepticism: Volume 6 Contributor(s): Gascoigne, Neil (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773524762 ISBN-13: 9780773524767 Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology |
| Dewey: 149.73 |
| Series: Central Problems of Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gascoigne explores the challenge to epistemology itself and considers two contemporary responses: the turn against foundationalist epistemology in favour of more naturalistic conceptions of inquiry, and the resistance to this response by non-naturalistically inclined philosophers. This contextualization of the sceptical debate gives students a better appreciation of the methodological importance of sceptical reasoning, an analytic understanding of the structure of sceptical arguments (including an assessment of whether the theoretical burden lies with the sceptic or anti-sceptic), and an awareness of the significance of scepticism for other areas of philosophical inquiry. |
