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Description
In this excellent treatment of the internalism-externalism debate in contemporary epistemology, Richard Fumerton explores its implications for traditional skeptical concerns. When one fully understands these implications, Fumerton argues, one will see philosophical usefulness of a foundationalism relying on acquaintance. Contending that the externalist response to skepticism is too quick and easy, Fumerton defends a version of internalism, but in doing so puts into stark relief the radically different alternatives for dealing with skepticism that our metaepistemological views force upon us.
Product details
Published | 21 Nov 1995 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 320 |
ISBN | 9780847681075 |
Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Dimensions | 227 x 149 mm |
Series | Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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I know of no other discussion of skepticism and its relation to the externalist/internalist debate that is as powerful and subtle as Fumerton's.
Richard Foley
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Metaepistemology and Skepticism offers both a powerful defense of skepticism and a highly sophisticated and detailed tour through contemporary epistemology. Anyone interested in these matters will profit from a careful study of this fine book.
Jonathan Dancy, University of Reading
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. . . a very insightful and dialectically sophisticated piece of work that sheds a great deal of light on recent epistemological controversies and their relation to skepticism. I have learned a great deal from reading this book and expect to return to it often.
Laurence Bonjour, University of Washington