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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456012503321

Autore

Butchvarov Panayot <1933->

Titolo

Skepticism about the external world [[electronic resource] /] / Panayot Butchvarov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

1-280-47039-9

0-19-535363-3

0-585-21180-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

121/.2

Soggetti

Realism

Skepticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-177) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Direct Realism; 2. The Adverbial Theory; 3. The Skeptic's Argument; 4. A First Answer to the Skeptic; 5. Our Concept of Reality; 6. The Untruth and the Truth of Skepticism; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Do we know or even have evidence that external material objects exist? Butchvarov offers an original approach to this perennial philosophical issue, putting forward a radical theory of perception in proposing that perceived material objects do not necessarily actually exist. The metaphysics of reality, unreality and perception are explored.