Analysis 72 (4):668-673 (2012)
Authors |
|
Abstract |
I argue that Cartesian skepticism about the external world leads to a vicious regress of skeptical attitudes, the only principled and unproblematic response to which requires refraining from taking the very first skeptical step.
|
Keywords | skepticism Cartesian skepticism epistemology dream argument Pyrrhonian skepticism evil demon |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
DOI | 10.1093/analys/ans117 |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
The Philosophical Writings of Descartes: Volume 1.René Descartes - 1984 - Cambridge University Press.
Discrimination and Perceptual Knowledge.Alvin Goldman - 1976 - Journal of Philosophy 73 (November):771-791.
The Problems of Philosophy.Bertrand Russell - 1913 - Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale 21 (1):22-28.
View all 11 references / Add more references
Citations of this work BETA
An Argument for External World Skepticism From the Appearance/Reality Distinction.Moti Mizrahi - 2016 - International Journal for the Study of Skepticism 6 (4):368-383.
And So On. Two Theories of Regress Arguments in Philosophy.Jan Willem Wieland - 2012 - Dissertation,
On Merely Modal Epistemic Peers: Challenging the Equal-Weight View.Jimmy Alfonso Licon - 2013 - Philosophia 41 (3):809-823.
View all 6 citations / Add more citations
Similar books and articles
Pyrrhonian Skepticism Meets Speech-Act Theory.John Turri - 2012 - International Journal for the Study of Skepticism 2 (2):83-98.
Skepticism, Self-Knowledge and Responsibility.David Macarthur - 2006 - In Stephen Hetherington (ed.), Aspects of Knowing. Elsevier. pp. 97.
The Impact and Residue of Cartesian Dualism: The Relevance of Cartesian Skepticism.Cathy Dobson - manuscript
Virtue-Theoretic Responses to Skepticism.Guy Axtell - 2008 - In John Greco (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Skepticism. Oxford University Press.
Skeptical Theism, Moral Skepticism, and Divine Deception.Joshua Seigal - 2010 - Forum Philosophicum: International Journal for Philosophy 15 (2):251-274.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2012-06-07
Total views
486 ( #18,696 of 2,507,504 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
6 ( #119,082 of 2,507,504 )
2012-06-07
Total views
486 ( #18,696 of 2,507,504 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
6 ( #119,082 of 2,507,504 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads