Book chapter
Can Skepticism Be Refuted?
Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, pp.107-132
John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Second edition
2014
DOI: 10.1002/9781394260744.ch5
Abstract
Skepticism is philosophically important because a gripping line of thought seems to show that it is correct. Skepticism turns on the possibility that the internalists might be victims of some kind of massive sensory deception. Premise may be seen as a straightforward application of the underdetermination principle. According to that principle, underdetermination is inimical to knowledge. Domestic skepticism is concessive, but dangerous. The case for skepticism depends on the status of premise of the deceiver argument, and the status of that premise depends on whether mundane propositions have more epistemic merit than the skeptical competitors they face. Local skeptics are skeptics with respect to knowledge or justified belief about some particular kind of truth: for example, truths about the external world, the past, the future, other minds, theoretical entities posited by physics, and so on.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Can Skepticism Be Refuted?
- Creators
- Jonathan VogelRichard Fumerton
- Contributors
- Ernest Sosa (Editor)Matthias Steup (Editor)John Turri (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, pp.107-132
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Malden, MA
- DOI
- 10.1002/9781394260744.ch5
- Number of pages
- 26
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2014
- Academic Unit
- Philosophy
- Record Identifier
- 9984567867702771
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