Varieties of skepticism -- "Veil of perception" skepticism -- Skepticism and metaphysics (a puzzle) -- Kant's pyrrhonian crisis -- Humean skepticism -- Kant's reformed metaphysics -- Defenses against humean skepticism -- Defenses against pyrrhonian skepticism -- Some relatively …
This book puts forward a 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…
The quicksands of belief: the need for skepticism
by Winn, Janet
fromAmerican University Studies
Skepticism is one of the perennial problems of philosophy: from antiquity, to the early modern period of Descartes and Hume, and right through to the present day. It remains a fundamental and widely studied topic and, as Annalisa Coliva and Duncan Pritchard show in this book, it…
A Sceptical Theory of Morality and Law aims ultimately to cast light on some contentious issues in the philosophy of law, including the nature of rights and of judicial interpretation. The answers one gives, however, rest on the moral theory one finds most convincing. The first …