Unreasonable Cartesian Doubt

Abstract In this paper I argue that Cartesian skepticism about the external world is self-defeating. The Cartesian skeptic holds that we are not justified in believing claims about the external world on the grounds that we cannot rule out the possibility of our being in a radical skeptical scenario....
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Autor*in:

Alexander, David [verfasserIn]

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2017

Schlagwörter:

Cartesian skepticism

External world skepticism

Mental state skepticism

Epistemic skepticism

Self-defeat

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Philosophia - Berlin [u.a.] : Springer, 1971, 45(2017), 2 vom: 23. Mai, Seite 503-522

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:45 ; year:2017 ; number:2 ; day:23 ; month:05 ; pages:503-522

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s11406-017-9849-5

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SPR01903086X

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