Kant and Skepticism
This 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, w…
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This 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 ske.
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- Publication Date:2011.
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- Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication:Princeton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
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- Description:1 online resource (163 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781400824403, 1400824400, 9780691146515, 0691146519, 1283069539, 9781283069533
- oclc:ocn719321847
- LC Classification:B2799.S54
- Dewey Decimal:149/.7309
Table of Contents
Cover; Cover; Title; Title; Copyright; Copyright; Contents; Contents; Preface; Preface; PART I: EXPOSITION; PART I: EXPOSITION; Chapter One: Varieties of Skepticism; Chapter One: Varieties of Skepticism; Chapter Two: "Veil of Perception" Skepticism; Chapter Two: "Veil of Perception" Skepticism; Chapter Three: Skepticism and Metaphysics (a Puzzle); Chapter Three: Skepticism and Metaphysics (a Puzzle); Chapter Four: Kant's Pyrrhonian Crisis; Chapter Four: Kant's Pyrrhonian Crisis; Chapter Five: Humean Skepticism; Chapter Five: Humean Skepticism; Chapter Six: Kant's Reformed Metaphysics.
Chapter Six: Kant's Reformed MetaphysicsChapter Seven: Defenses against Humean Skepticism; Chapter Seven: Defenses against Humean Skepticism; Chapter Eight: Defenses against Pyrrhonian Skepticism; Chapter Eight: Defenses against Pyrrhonian Skepticism; PART II: CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; PART II: CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; Chapter Nine: Some Relatively Easy Problems; Chapter Nine: Some Relatively Easy Problems; Chapter Ten: A Metaphysics of Morals?; Chapter Ten: A Metaphysics of Morals?; Chapter Eleven: Failures of Self-Reflection; Chapter Eleven: Failures of Self-Reflection.
Chapter Twelve: The Pyrrhonist's Re…
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