Answering Scepticism
understanding understanding, understanding reason
$568.38
- Hardcover
656 pages
- Release Date
22 April 2026
Summary
Vanquishing Doubt: A New Approach to Answering Skepticism
Answering Scepticism tackles two enduring forms of classical skepticism popularized by Descartes: the challenge to our knowledge of the external world and the doubt surrounding our understanding of the present. These skeptical arguments, considered perennial philosophical problems, have spurred centuries of debate.
Tyler Burge presents a compelling and meticulously reasoned account, emphasizing that almost no one trul…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198969334 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198969333 |
| Author: | Tyler Burge |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 22 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
You Can Find This Book In
About The Author
Tyler Burge
Tyler Burge is Flint Professor of Philosophy, UCLA, where has taught since 1971. He has held visiting positions at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Munich, Bayreuth, Bologna, and Zurich. He has delivered numerous named lecture series, including the Locke Lectures, Dewey Lectures, Whitehead Lectures, Kant Lectures, Petrus Hispanus Lectures, and Nicod Lectures. His work has made contributions to philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of logic, and the history of philosophy. He has published four books with OUP: Origins of Objectivity (2010) and three volumes of essays, Truth, Thought, Reason (2005), Foundations of Mind (2007), Cognition through Understanding (2013), and Perception: First Form of Mind (2022).
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.