Putting Skeptics in their Place
Subtitle: The Nature of Skeptical Arguments and Their Role in Philosophical Inquiry (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 22, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780521772631
Subjects: Analytical & linguistic philosophy; Topics in philosophy; Greek Philosophy; Philosophy; Ancient Greece; History & Surveys - General; Philosophy / Logic; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Skepticism
First sentence: This book has three major theses: (1) that a number of historically prominent skeptical arguments make no obvious mistake and therefore cannot be easily dismissed; (2) that the analysis of skeptical arguments is philosophically useful and important and sho