Common Sense, Science and Scepticism: A Historical Introduction to the Theory of KnowledgeCambridge University Press, 1993 M02 11 - 310 páginas Can we know anything for certain? Dogmatists think we can, sceptics think we cannot, and epistemology is the great debate between them. Some dogmatists seek certainty in the deliverances of the senses. Sceptics object that the senses are not an adequate basis for certain knowledge. Other dogmatists seek certainty in the deliverances of pure reason. Sceptics object that rational self-evidence is no guarantee of truth. This book is an introductory and historically-based survey of the debate, siding for the most part with scepticism to show that the desire to vanquish it has often led to doctrines of idealism or anti-realism. Scepticism, science and common sense produce another view, fallibilism or critical rationalism: although we can have little or no certain knowledge, as the sceptics maintain, we can and do have plenty of conjectural knowledge. Fallibilism incorporates an uncompromising realism about perception, science, and the nature of truth. |
Contenido
Preface page xii | 10 |
Scepticism under attack | 19 |
Scepticism regarding the senses | 30 |
Empiricist psychology | 60 |
Ideaism appearance and reality | 85 |
Primary and secondary qualities | 107 |
ideaism becomes idealism | 121 |
ideaism becomes irrationalism | 145 |
ΤΟ The rationalist alternative | 176 |
Descartes | 194 |
Kant and the synthetic a priori | 212 |
Alternative geometries | 224 |
Truth and truththeories | 247 |
Fallibilist realism | 274 |
References | 301 |
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accept actually analytic answer appearance argued arithmetic axiom of parallels Berkeley Berkeley's Bread nourished claim clearly and distinctly colours common-sense concepts conclusion contradiction criterion critical critical rationalism critical rationalist Descartes Descartes's dogmatist emeralds empiricism empiricist Euclid Euclid's axiom Euclidean geometry example exist external objects fallibilism fallibilist false formulate generalisation hallucinations human Hume Hume's hypothesis idea-ism idea-ist idealism ideas or sense-data inductive arguments inductive reasoning inductive validity infinite regress innate justified true belief Kant Kant's language laws liar paradox Locke Locke's logical material objects mathematical means metaphysical mind naive realism nature non-Euclidean geometries perceive perception philosophers pink rats Popper possible posteriori prediction premises principle problem proof proposition propositional knowledge prove question rationalism rationalist realism refute sceptical objection secondary qualities self-evident sensations sense-experience senses sentence Sextus Sextus Empiricus solipsism stimuli straight suppose synthetic a priori Tarski theorems theory of truth things valid word
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