Juan Comesaña, Manuel Comesaña

Skepticism: The Basics (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Introduces students and other interested readers to the philosophical study of skepticism, a central and longstanding subject in philosophy. The first three chapters cover knowledge, providing the necessary foundation for introducing skepticisim in the book's final three chapters.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000568233
• Artikelnr.: 63778261

Autorenporträt

Juan Comesaña is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. He has published in epistemology and related areas, including Being Rational and Being Right (2020).

Manuel Comesaña is Professor of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy and has been a professor at the University of Mar del Plata in Argentina for the last thirty years. He has published articles in philosophy journals and book chapters, as well as the book Reason, Truth and Experience: An Analysis of Their Links in Contemporary Philosophy of Science, with Special Emphasis on Popper (1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I : Knowledge 1. Kinds of Knowledge 2. The Tripartite Conception of Knowledge 3. The Gettier Problem Part II: Skepticism 4. Inductive Skepticism 5. Cartesian Skepticism 6. Pyrrhonian Skepticism Conclusion

Rezensionen

"This is a well-written, engaging overview of contemporary epistemology with a significant discussion of types of skepticism. An excellent option for an introductory level course, whether as a part of a larger introduction to philosophy or as an intro text to epistemology."
Ted Poston, University of Alabama