A Critical Introduction to Skepticism

《A Critical Introduction to Skepticism》是2014年5月8日Bloomsbury Academic出版的圖書，作者是Allan Hazlett。

基本介紹

• 中文名：A Critical Introduction to Skepticism
• 作者：Allan Hazlett
• 出版社：Bloomsbury Academic
• 出版時間：2014年5月8日
• ISBN：9781441144072

內容簡介

This book's great success is owed to the philosophical insight and expository skill of its author, whose mastery is manifest in the depth and breadth attained, with crystal clarity and a light touch that will please readers. (Ernest Sosa, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, USA 2013-10-23)

Allan Hazlett's book is the best sort of guide to skepticism: both sympathetic and critical in turns, it is thoroughly grounded in recent historical scholarship and displays a sharp eye for issues in contemporary epistemology. This lucid and engaging presentation of the skeptical tradition-from its origin to its present and possible future-successfully captures what makes skepticism an endless source of philosophical fascination. (Baron Reed, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, USA 2013-10-28)

Marked by a dazzling combination of comprehensiveness, brevity, novelty, clarity, humor, and a refreshing streak of irreverence, Hazlett's introduction to skepticism will make an excellent addition to any course in epistemology and, indeed, to the bookshelf of every thoughtful person who wants to avoid the intellectual doom which, Hazlett argues, accompanies ignorance of the great skeptical and anti-skeptical traditions. Dare I say it? Even skeptics will agree: the more people who know about this book, the better. (John Turri, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Canada 2013-11-04)

Hazlett has produced a wonderfully thorough introduction to skepticism, which has what I consider to be a great deal of pedagogical value for teachers of skepticism at a variety of levels. (Teaching Philosophy)

This opinionated introduction was missing from the philosophical library. It is useful to students and it poses some challenges to the experts as well. Hazlett maps out the main sceptical and anti-sceptical positions, scrutinizing key arguments by means of a generous selection of quotes. (Australasian Journal of Philosophy)

圖書目錄

Series Editor’s Preface viii

Epistle to the Reader ix

PART ONE Skepticism 1

1 The Skeptical Persuasion 3

2 The Mode from Dispute 37

3 Our Infirm Understanding 55

4 Our Darkened Intellect 71

PART TWO Anti-Skepticism 105

5 The Moorean Persuasion 107

6 Nonclosure 127

7 Skepticism and Language 141

PART THREE New Directions 157

8 Beyond Propositional Knowledge 159

9 Skepsis and Praxis 173

Notes 187

Bibliography 199

Index 209

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作者簡介

Allan Hazlett is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, UK.