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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822479903321

Autore

Klein Peter D (Peter David), <1940->

Titolo

Certainty : a refutation of scepticism / / Peter D. Klein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1981

ISBN

0-8166-0998-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

121/.63

Soggetti

Certainty

Skepticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; CHAPTER ONE: How to Refute Scepticism; CHAPTER TWO: The Evil Demon Exorcised; CHAPTER THREE: Absolute Certainty in This World; CHAPTER FOUR: Tying It All Together; Notes; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Philosophers have traditionally used two strategies to refute the sceptical that empirical knowledge is not possible because our beliefs cannot be adequately justified. One strategy rejects the scepticsÂ’ position because it conflicts with the supposedly.