02127nam 2200493 450 991015473780332120180124151559.00-19-061871-X0-19-061872-80-19-061870-1(CKB)4340000000018154(StDuBDS)EDZ0001605106(MiAaPQ)EBC4745371(PPN)199414750(EXLCZ)99434000000001815420161207h20172017 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWhat do philosophers do? skepticism and the practice of philosophy /Penelope MaddyNew York, NY :Oxford University Press,2017.1 online resourceThe Romanell LecturesPreviously issued in print: 2017.0-19-061869-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.'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.Romanell lectures.MethodologySkepticismMethodology.Skepticism.101Maddy Penelope536645MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154737803321What do philosophers do2597272UNINA