Epistemic angst : radical skepticism and the groundlessness of our believing

Epistemic angst : radical skepticism and the groundlessness of our believing /

Epistemic Angst offers a completely new solution to the ancient philosophical problem of radical skepticism--the challenge of explaining how it is possible to have knowledge of a world external to us. Duncan Pritchard argues that the key to resolving this puzzle is to realize that it is composed of...

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Main Author: Pritchard, Duncan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Series:Soochow University lectures in philosophy.
Subjects:
Skepticism.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Belief and doubt.
epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY > Criticism.
Belief and doubt
Knowledge, Theory of
Skepticism
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Epistemic Angst
  • Chapter 1. Radical Skepticism and Closure
  • Chapter 2. Radical Skepticism and Underdetermination
  • Part 2. Wittgenstein and the Groundlessness of Our Believing
  • Chapter 3. Wittgenstein on the Structure of Rational Evaluation
  • Chapter 4. Hinge Commitments
  • Part 3. Epistemological Disjunctivism
  • Chapter 5. Epistemological Disjunctivism and the Factivity of Reasons
  • Chapter 6. Epistemological Disjunctivism and Closure-Based Radical Skepticism
  • Part 4. Farewell to Epistemic Angst
  • Chapter 7. Farewell to Epistemic Angst
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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