{"product_id":"skepticism-charles-landesman-9780631213550","title":"Skepticism","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Landesman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0631213554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780631213550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.36h x 6.20w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2003 pg. 996","brand":"Charles Landesman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47422497751295,"sku":"9780631213550","price":139.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9cb67ea0-81ee-42e6-88c0-c7d1fa40cf02.jpg?v=1761527763","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/skepticism-charles-landesman-9780631213550","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}