{"product_id":"9780631213567","title":"Skepticism The Central Issues","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSkepticism\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Central Issues\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCharles Landesman\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Epistemology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book presents and analyzes the most important arguments in the history of Western philosophy's skeptical tradition. It demonstrates that, although powerful, these arguments are quite limited and fail to prove their core assertion that knowledge is beyond our reach.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that skepticism is mistaken and that knowledge is possible\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDissects the problems of realism and the philosophical doubts about the accuracy of the senses\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the ancient argument against a criterion of knowledge, Descartes' skeptical arguments, and skeptical arguments applied to inductive inference and self-knowledge\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses Moore's proof of an external world and the reliabilist conception of knowledge to illustrate that the traditional skeptical arguments fail to meet their mark.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eCharles Landesman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Hunter College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eDiscourse and Its Presuppositions\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), \u003ci\u003eColor and Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eThe Eye and the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), and \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Epistemology\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell 1996).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 May 2002\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631213567\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.84\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310488285324,"sku":"9780631213567","price":45.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631213567_a0052e11-289e-47cc-ba2c-47299c24f322.jpg?v=1780158676","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631213567","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}