Skepticism and Cognitivism: A Study in the Foundations of Knowledge - Hardcover

Johnson, Oliver A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520356780 ISBN 13: 9780520356788

Publisher: University of California Press, 2022

Synopsis

Skepticism and Cognitivism addresses the fundamental question of epistemology: Is knowledge possible? It approaches this query with an evaluation of the skeptical tradition in Western philosophy, analyzing thinkers who have claimed that we can know nothing. After an introductory chapter lays out the central issues, chapter 2 focuses on the classical skeptics of the Academic and Pyrrhonistic schools and then on the skepticism of David Hume. Chapters 3 through 5 are devoted to contemporary defenders of skepticism―Keith Lehrer, Arne Nęss, and Peter Unger. In chapter 6, author Oliver A. Johnson dons the mantle of skeptic himself and develops and adds theories to the skeptical arsenal. He closes with an examination of the relationship between skepticism and cognitivism, reaching and defending conclusions on the nature and extent of possible human knowledge.
 
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978.

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About the Author

Oliver A. Johnson was Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520356780
• ISBN 13: 9780520356788
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310