Putting Skeptics in their Place by John Greco
This book, first published in 2000, is about the nature of skeptical arguments and their role in philosophical inquiry. John Greco delineates three main theses: that a number of historically prominent skeptical arguments make no obvious mistake, and therefore cannot be easily dismissed; that the analysis of skeptical arguments is philosophically useful and important, and should therefore have a central place in the methodology of philosophy; and that taking skeptical arguments seriously requires us to adopt an externalist, reliabilist epistemology. Greco argues that the importance of skeptical arguments is methodological. It is further argued that taking skeptical arguments seriously requires us to adopt a version of 'virtue epistemology', or a theory of knowledge that makes intellectual virtue central in the analysis of knowledge. The above methodology has consequences for moral and religious epistemology; in particular, a theory of moral perception is defended.-
What is a Law of Nature?
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The Principle of Sufficient Reason
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What Minds Can Do
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Living without Free Will
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Truth and Truthmakers
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The Theory and Practice of Autonomy
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Natural Agency
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Propositional Attitudes
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The Structure of Emotions
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Supervenience and Mind
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In Defense of Pure Reason
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The Primitivist Theory of Truth
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Common Sense
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Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology: Volume 2
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Deontic Morality and Control
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Theories of Vagueness
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Ethics and the A Priori
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Valuing Emotions
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The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding
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Goodness and Justice
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Anti-Individualism
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Facts, Values, and Norms
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Practical Rules
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Brute Rationality
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Realism and the Progress of Science
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Morals, Motivation, and Convention
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Understanding Phenomenal Consciousness
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Normative Reasons
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The Metaphysics of Mind
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Matter and Sense
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Deeper into Pictures
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Moral Legislation
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Moral Disagreement
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Belief Policies
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Reason and Value
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Evidence and Assurance
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Paradoxes
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The Engines of the Soul
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Sharing Knowledge
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Consciousness and the Origins of Thought
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Supererogation
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Knowledge, Thought, and the Case for Dualism
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Papers in Philosophical Logic: Volume 1
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Seeing through Self-Deception
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Morality in a Natural World
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The Myth of Morality
"..an important book...Greco's writing is crystal clear and the volume is well organized. It is impossible to get lost in a chapter and easy to see how each chapters fits into the progression of the essay. Furthermore, the volume is attractively produced with clean printing, notes at the foot, a solid bibliography, and a reasonable index." Philosophical Review
"Greco's book stands out...as one of the best books on skepticism in the last twenty years, earning it a place alongside Stroud's masterful The Significance of Philosophical Scepticism and Williams's already-lauted Unnatural Doubts. Any serious epistemologist, of any stripe or persuasion, would be benefited by reading it..." Review of Metaphysics
"Greco's book stands out...as one of the best books on skepticism in the last twenty years, earning it a place alongside Stroud's masterful The Significance of Philosophical Scepticism and Williams's already-lauted Unnatural Doubts. Any serious epistemologist, of any stripe or persuasion, would be benefited by reading it..." Review of Metaphysics
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521772631 |
| ISBN 10 | 052177263X |
| Title | Putting Skeptics in their Place |
| Author | John Greco |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Philosophy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2000-05-22 |
| Number of pages | 282 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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