The impossibility of massive error

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 53 (2):405-409 (1993)
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I argue that Davidson's anti-skeptical thesis can survive objections made against it by treating skepticism as logically possible, but not epistemically possible. That is, the skeptical hypothesis of massive error conflicts with what we must take ourselves to know if we are to have coherent thought and speech.

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L. S. Carrier
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