Skepticism, Knowledge, and Defense

Author: Xu Xiangdong
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: In both the history of modern philosophy and contemporary Western philosophy, epistemology occupies a very important central position, as it explores the central question of the nature and limits of human knowledge. This book, with philosophical skepticism as its main thread and early modern philosophy as its background, clarifies a series of fundamental issues in knowledge, provides a detailed analysis and examination of the importance of skepticism in epistemology, addresses various main strategies of skeptical challenges, investigates the nature of knowledge and justification, and ultimately attempts to reveal the significant role of epistemology in human self-understanding. Additionally, while elucidating the core issues of contemporary epistemology, this book also seeks to reveal the important connections between knowledge and the philosophy of mind, language, philosophy, metaphysics, and philosophy of science.