Sense and certainty : a dissolution of scepticism

Author(s)

• McGinn, Marie

Bibliographic Information

Sense and certainty : a dissolution of scepticism

Marie McGinn

（Philosophical theory）

B. Blackwell, 1989

Note

Bibliography: p. [164]

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This dissertation aims to construct a non-dogmatic defence of common sense. It tries to show why the absence of justification for the judgements of common sense, which the sceptic reveals, does not invalidate them.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• 1 The Problem of Scepticism
• 2 The Conflict Between Scepticism and Common Sense
• 3 Moore's Defence of Common Sense
• 4 On the Significance of What We Would Ordinarily Doubt
• 5 On the Significance of What We Would Ordinarily Claim to Know
• 6 Wittgenstein on the Philosopher's Use of `I Know'
• 7 Wittgenstein on Certainty
• 8 On the Status of Moore-Type Propositions

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Details

• NCID: BA05155358
• ISBN:
  • 0631157867
• LCCN: 88022207
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: 166 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BD201
  • DC19 : 149/.73
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Skepticism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00318207