Skepticism and Cognitivism: A Study in the Foundations of Knowledge

Oliver A. Johnson

Skepticism and Cognitivism: A Study in the Foundations of Knowledge
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of California Press
Country
United States
Published
25 March 2022
Pages
308
ISBN
9780520304918

Skepticism and Cognitivism: A Study in the Foundations of Knowledge

Oliver A. Johnson

Skepticism and Cognitivism addresses the fundamental question of epistemology: Is knowledge possible? It approaches this query with an evaluation of the skeptical tradition in Western philosophy, analyzing thinkers who have claimed that we can know nothing. After an introductory chapter lays out the central issues, chapter 2 focuses on the classical skeptics of the Academic and Pyrrhonistic schools and then on the skepticism of David Hume. Chapters 3 through 5 are devoted to contemporary defenders of skepticism-Keith Lehrer, Arne Naess, and Peter Unger. In chapter 6, author Oliver A. Johnson dons the mantle of skeptic himself and develops and adds theories to the skeptical arsenal. He closes with an examination of the relationship between skepticism and cognitivism, reaching and defending conclusions on the nature and extent of possible human knowledge.

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