LEADER 03804nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910816617103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-06953-9 010 $a9786613069535 010 $a1-4008-2440-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400824403 035 $a(CKB)2560000000071885 035 $a(EBL)681316 035 $a(OCoLC)719321847 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000538276 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11364538 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538276 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10558603 035 $a(PQKB)10971243 035 $a(DE-B1597)446796 035 $a(OCoLC)979725351 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400824403 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL681316 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10464779 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL306953 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC681316 035 $a(PPN)187308977 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000071885 100 $a20091003e20102008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKant and Skepticism$b[electronic resource] /$fMichael N. Forster 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (163 p.) 225 1 $aPrinceton monographs in philosophy 300 $aOriginally published 2008. 311 $a0-691-14651-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tI. Exposition -- $tChapter One. Varieties Of Skepticism -- $tChapter Two. "Veil of Perception" Skepticism -- $tChapter Three. Skepticism and Metaphysics (A Puzzle) -- $tChapter Four. Kant's Pyrrhonian Crisis -- $tChapter Five. Humean Skepticism -- $tChapter Six. Kant's Reformed Metaphysics -- $tChapter Seven. Defenses against Humean Skepticism -- $tChapter Eight. Defenses Against Pyrrhonian Skepticism -- $tII. Critical Assessment -- $tChapter Nine. Some Relatively Easy Problems -- $tChapter Ten. A Metaphysics of Morals? -- $tChapter Eleven. Failures of Self-Reflection -- $tChapter Twelve. The Pyrrhonist's Revenge -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aThis book puts forward a much-needed reappraisal of Immanuel Kant's conception of and response to skepticism, as set forth principally in the Critique of Pure Reason. It is widely recognized that Kant's theoretical philosophy aims to answer skepticism and reform metaphysics--Michael Forster makes the controversial argument that those aims are closely linked. He distinguishes among three types of skepticism: "veil of perception" skepticism, which concerns the external world; Humean skepticism, which concerns the existence of a priori concepts and synthetic a priori knowledge; and Pyrrhonian skepticism, which concerns the equal balance of opposing arguments. Forster overturns conventional views by showing how the first of these types was of little importance for Kant, but how the second and third held very special importance for him, namely because of their bearing on the fate of metaphysics. He argues that Kant undertook his reform of metaphysics primarily in order to render it defensible against these types of skepticism. Finally, in a critical appraisal of Kant's project, Forster argues that, despite its strengths, it ultimately fails, for reasons that carry interesting broader philosophical lessons. These reasons include inadequate self-reflection and an underestimation of the resources of Pyrrhonian skepticism. 410 0$aPrinceton monographs in philosophy. 606 $aSkepticism 615 0$aSkepticism. 676 $a149/.7309 700 $aForster$b Michael N$0776233 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816617103321 996 $aKant and Skepticism$94095915 997 $aUNINA