Groundless belief: an essay on the possibility of epistemology

New Haven: Yale University Press (1977)
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Inspired by the work of Wilfrid Sellars, Michael Williams launches an all-out attack on what he calls "phenomenalism," the idea that our knowledge of the world rests on a perceptual or experiential foundation.

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1979

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BD161.W47 1977b

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0300021283

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10.2307/2184968
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