Overview
The Mystery of Skepticism: New Explorations represents the cutting-edge of research on underexplored skeptical challenges, dimensions of the skeptical problematic, and responses to various kinds of skepticism. The thirteen newly commissioned essays, edited by Kevin McCain and Ted Poston, demonstrate that despite its long history philosophical reflection on skepticism and the challenges it poses is alive and well. The essays in The Mystery of Skepticism enhance our understanding of skepticism by breathing new life into old debates and sparking new ones. The Mystery of Skepticism will shape discussions of skepticism for years to come.
Full Product Details
Author: Kevin McCain ,
Ted Poston
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 2
Weight: 0.551kg
ISBN: 9789004393523
ISBN 10: 9004393528
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 20 December 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Textbook treatments of skepticism can sometimes give the impression that there are only one or two forms that skepticism can take, only one or two basic arguments for skepticism, and only a limited handful of options for responding to skepticism. The strength of the present volume is that its contributions manifest the broad diversity, complexity, and sometimes poorly understood nature of the many issues surrounding philosophical skepticism. - James R. Beebe, University of Buffalo, International Journal for the Study of Skepticism 11(1), 2019.
""Textbook treatments of skepticism can sometimes give the impression that there are only one or two forms that skepticism can take, only one or two basic arguments for skepticism, and only a limited handful of options for responding to skepticism. The strength of the present volume is that its contributions manifest the broad diversity, complexity, and sometimes poorly understood nature of the many issues surrounding philosophical skepticism."" - James R. Beebe, University of Buffalo, International Journal for the Study of Skepticism 11(1), 2019.
Author Information
Kevin McCain, PhD (2012), University of Rochester, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His published research includes Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification (Routledge, 2014) and The Nature of Scientific Knowledge: An Explanatory Approach (Springer, 2016). Ted Poston, PhD (2006), University of Missouri-Columbia, is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the McCollough Institute for Pre-Medical Scholars at the University of Alabama. His published research includes Reason & Explanation: A Defense of Explanatory Coherentism (Palgrave, 2014) and A Contemporary Introduction to Knowledge-How (Bloomsbury, 2018).
