LEADER 05112nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910450982803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-33046-5 010 $a1-134-77088-X 010 $a0-203-28386-4 010 $a0-203-06745-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000255318 035 $a(EBL)169192 035 $a(OCoLC)560393044 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283923 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11266539 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283923 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250770 035 $a(PQKB)11028954 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC169192 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL169192 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10057315 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33046 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000255318 100 $a19960408d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe sceptical challenge$b[electronic resource] /$fRuth Weintraub 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1997 215 $a1 online resource (154 p.) 225 1 $aInternational library of philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-13946-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 131-135) and index. 327 $aCover; THE SCEPTICAL CHALLENGE; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 KNOWLEDGE, JUSTIFICATION AND TRUTH; Introduction; The concept of epistemic justification; The circle of belief; Why does justification matter?; Knowledge without justification; Knowledge: beyond truth and justification; Does knowledge-scepticism matter?; Conclusion; 2 THE SCEPTICAL LIFE; Radical scepticism; The agnostic life; Is it possible to suspend belief?; The logical defense of agnosticism; The ethical defense of agnosticism 327 $aThe implementation of the sceptical doctrine The sceptical doctrine and the practical difficulties; 3 THE CHALLENGE; Two types of scepticism; The sceptical doctrine and its justification; Further solutions; A way out of the predicament; 4 THE RESPONSE; Our objective; Our strategy; Naturalized epistemology?; Modest epistemology; 5 DESCARTES' SCEPTICAL CHALLENGE; Introduction; The Cartesian Circle; The source of the circularity: one diagnosis; Descartes is not an antecedent sceptic; A non-circular response to consequent scepticism?; Doing without the principle of clarity and distinctness? 327 $aBeginning with the principle of clarity and distinctness?An alternative diagnosis of the circle; 6 INDUCTIVE SCEPTICISM; Introduction; Whose problem is it anyway?; The first premise; The second premise; The third premise; The fourth and fifth premises; The argument newly couched; 7 SCEPTICISM AND THE STRUCTURE OF JUSTIFICATION; Introduction; Terminology; Arguments against terminating chains of justification; An argument against infinite justification chains; A second argument against infinite justification chains; Arguments against circular justification chains 327 $aIs groundless justification trivial?Is terminating justification trivial?; Triviality: a red herring; 8 INDUCTIVE SCEPTICISM REVISITED; Introduction; What justification are we seeking?; Can induction's reliability be shown deductively?; Must induction be non-empirically justified?; The apriorist urge; Can induction be justified empirically?; The justification of induction; 9 TRANSCENDENT SCEPTICISM AND INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION; Introduction; Is the unobservable epistemically inaccessible?; Van Fraassen's argument; Hume's argument; Russell's first argument; Russell's second argument 327 $aModerate scepticism?10 THE DEMON ARGUMENT REVISITED; Introduction; Denying the second premise?; Denying the first premise; Williams' objection; Inferring the world from appearances; Alston's objection; Further objections rebutted; Transcendental arguments; 11 THE DREAM ARGUMENT REVISITED; Introduction; Rejecting the first premise; Sextus' dream argument; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aDo we really know the things we think we know? Are any of our beliefs reasonable? Scepticism gives a pessimistic reply to these important epistemological questions - we don't know anything; none of our beliefs are reasonable. But can such a seemingly paradoxical claim be more than an intellectual curiosity? And if it is, can it be refuted? Ruth Weintraub answers yes to both these questions. The sceptical challenge is a formidable one, and should be confronted, not dismissed. The theoretical and practical difficulties it presents - in that the sceptical life cannot be lived, and the doctrine 410 0$aInternational library of philosophy. 606 $aSkepticism 606 $aPhilosophy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSkepticism. 615 0$aPhilosophy. 676 $a121/.2 700 $aWeintraub$b Ruth$f1955-$0962823 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450982803321 996 $aThe sceptical challenge$92183115 997 $aUNINA