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298The exorcist's nightmare: A reply to Crispin WrightMind 101 (403): 543-552. 1992.Crispin Wright tried to refute classical 'Cartesian' skepticism contending that its core argument is extendible to a reductio ad absurdum (_Mind<D>, 100, 87-116, 1991). We show both that Wright is mistaken and that his mistakes are philosophically illuminating. Wright's 'best version' of skepticism turns on a concept of warranted belief. By his definition, many of our well-founded beliefs about the external world and mathematics would not be warranted. Wright's position worsens if we take 'warra…Read more
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Department Of Philosophy
Alumnus
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |