Skepticism and Cognitivism: A Study in the Foundations of Knowledge

by Oliver A. Johnson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520304918
• ISBN13: 9780520304918
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"