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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154737803321

Autore

Maddy Penelope

Titolo

What do philosophers do? : skepticism and the practice of philosophy / / Penelope Maddy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017

ISBN

0-19-061871-X

0-19-061872-8

0-19-061870-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

The Romanell Lectures

Disciplina

101

Soggetti

Methodology

Skepticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I: The Dream Argument -- 1. Descartes on dreaming -- 2. Stroud on dreaming -- 3. Stroud versus Austin -- Part II: The Argument from Illusion -- 1. The argument -- 2. Shortcomings of the argument -- 3. Why is the argument so appealing? -- 4. From the argument to skepticism -- 5. Back to dreaming -- Part III: The Cure and Beyond -- 1. Moore -- 2. Wittgenstein -- 3. Beyond -- Appendix A: The infinite regress of justification -- Appendix B: The closure argument.

Sommario/riassunto

'What Do Philosophers Do?' takes up the leading arguments for radical skepticism from an everyday point of view. A range of philosophical methods are examined and employed, for a revealing portrait of what philosophers do, and perhaps a quiet suggestion for what they should do, for what they do best.