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- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Analytic Philosophy
- Section One Language, Mind, Epistemology
- 1 Analytic Philosophy of Language
- 2 Analyticity
- 3 Philosophy of Linguistics
- 4 Varieties of Externalism, Linguistic and Mental
- 5 An Analytic-Hermeneutic History of Consciousness
- 6 Computational Philosophies of Mind
- 7 Philosophy of Action
- 8 Contemporary Responses to Radical Skepticism
- 9 Post-Gettier Epistemology
- Section Two Logic, Metaphysics, Science
- Section Three Analytic Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy
- Section Four Analytic Aesthetics and Philosophy of Religion
- Part II Continental Philosophy
- Part III Bridge Builders, Border Crossers, Synthesizers, and Comparative Philosophy
- Part IV Epilogue: On the Philosophy of the History of Philosophy
- References
- Index
8 - Contemporary Responses to Radical Skepticism
from Section One - Language, Mind, Epistemology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 November 2019
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Analytic Philosophy
- Section One Language, Mind, Epistemology
- 1 Analytic Philosophy of Language
- 2 Analyticity
- 3 Philosophy of Linguistics
- 4 Varieties of Externalism, Linguistic and Mental
- 5 An Analytic-Hermeneutic History of Consciousness
- 6 Computational Philosophies of Mind
- 7 Philosophy of Action
- 8 Contemporary Responses to Radical Skepticism
- 9 Post-Gettier Epistemology
- Section Two Logic, Metaphysics, Science
- Section Three Analytic Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy
- Section Four Analytic Aesthetics and Philosophy of Religion
- Part II Continental Philosophy
- Part III Bridge Builders, Border Crossers, Synthesizers, and Comparative Philosophy
- Part IV Epilogue: On the Philosophy of the History of Philosophy
- References
- Index
Summary
Although there are some obvious exceptions, for a good part of the first half of the twentieth century the general philosophical attitude toward the problem of radical skepticism was largely dismissive. Whether for broadly antirealist/logical positivist reasons, or for broadly Wittgensteinian reasons, this puzzle was widely thought to be a pseudo-problem, trading on dubious metaphysical claims.1 The second half of the twentieth century, and up to the present day, however, has seen this problem taken seriously once more. Indeed, we have witnessed this philosophical difficulty again not only seriously generating academic discussion, but also being a driver for new proposals within epistemology.
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- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015 , pp. 115 - 124Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019