Philosophical Skepticism Charles Landesman Roblin Meeks by Charles Landesman, Roblin Meeks 9780470693476, 9780631213536, 0470693479, 0631213538 instant download after payment.

Philosophical Skepticism provides a selection of texts drawn from the skeptical tradition of Western philosophy as well as texts written by opponents of skepticism. Taken together with the historical introduction by Landesman and Meeks, these texts clearly illustrate the profound influence that skeptical stances have had on the nature of philosophical inquiry.

• Draws a selection of texts from the skeptical tradition of Western philosophy as well as texts written by opponents of skepticism.
  
• Spans centuries of skeptical and anti-skeptical arguments, from Socrates to Rorty.
  
• Includes essays by Plato, Cicero, Diogenes Laertius, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Kierkegaard, Russell, Quine, Nagel, and many others.
  
• Provides a solid foundation for further study.

Content:
Chapter 1 Plato, from Apology (pages 9–22):
Chapter 2 Diogenes Laertius, from Pyrrho (pages 23–29):
Chapter 3 Cicero, from Academica (pages 30–33):
Chapter 4 Sextus Empiricus, from Outlines of Pyrrhonism (pages 35–44):
Chapter 5 Rene Descartes,“Meditation I” (pages 46–50):
Chapter 6 David Hume, from An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (pages 51–77):
Chapter 7 Thomas Nagel, from the View from Nowhere (pages 78–89):
Chapter 8 Peter Unger, “A Defense of Skepticism” (pages 90–109):
Chapter 9 W. T. Stace, “The Refutation of Realism” (pages 114–124):
Chapter 10 G. E. Moore, from “Proof of an External World” (pages 125–131):
Chapter 11 J. L. Austin, from Sense and Sensibilia (pages 132–146):
Chapter 12 Hans Reichenbach, from The Theory of Probability (pages 148–157):
Chapter 13 Michael Levin, “Reliabilism and Induction” (pages 158–168):
Chapter 14 Thomas Nagel, “Other Minds” (pages 170–174):
Chapter 15 Bertrand Russell, “Analogy” (pages 175–179):
Chapter 16 Norman Malcolm, “Knowledge of Other Minds” (pages 180–190):
Chapter 17 Rene Descartes, “Meditation II” (pages 192–200):
Chapter 18 David Hume, “Of Personal Identity” (pages 201–213):
Chapter 19 Immanuel Kant, from “The Paralogisms of Pure Reason” (pages 214–218):
Chapter 20 Friedrich Nietzsche, from Beyond Good and Evil (pages 219–221):
Chapter 21 Ludwig Wittgenstein, from Tractatus Logico?Philosophicus (pages 222–224):
Chapter 22 Michel de Montaigne, from “Apology for Raymond Sebond” (pages 226–231):
Chapter 23 Blaise Pascal, from Pensees (pages 232–241):
Chapter 24 David Hume, from “Of Miracles” (pages 242–255):
Chapter 25 Soren Kierkegaard, from Concluding Unscientific Postscript (pages 256–270):
Chapter 26 Rene Descartes, from “Meditation VI” (pages 273–283):
Chapter 27 Jean?Baptiste Moliere, from The Forced Marriage (pages 284–286):
Chapter 28 David Hume, from A Treatise of Human Nature (pages 287–295):
Chapter 29 Thomas Reid, from Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man (pages 296–309):
Chapter 30 Immanuel Kant, from Prolegomena and Critique of Pure Reason (pages 310–321):
Chapter 31 Martin Heidegger, from Being and Time (pages 322–323):
Chapter 32 W. V. Quine, from “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” and “Epistemology Naturalized” (pages 324–343):
Chapter 33 Richard Rorty, “Solidarity or Objectivity?” (pages 344–360):