Reasoning One’s Way Back into Skepticism
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Abstract Susanna Rinard aims to show that it is possible rationally persuade an external world skeptic reject skepticism. She offers argument meant convince a who accepts her views on “several orthogonal issues in epistemology” give up their While I agree with reason skeptic, argue overlooks variety of good epistemic grounds could appeal rejecting and its conclusion. More specifically, the can resist Rinard’s conclusion by (1) distinguishing between skepticism about knowledge justification, (2) prioritizing obtaining accurate beliefs (maximizing true minimizing false beliefs) over being rational, or (3) treating suspension judgment as default rational doxastic attitude.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for the Study of Skepticism
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2210-5697', '2210-5700']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/22105700-bja10057