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Bredo Johnsen

University of Houston
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  • University of Houston
    Department of Philosophy
    Professor Emeritus
Harvard University
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1972
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Epistemology
Areas of Interest
Epistemology
Metaphilosophy
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Mind
20th Century Philosophy
History of Western Philosophy, Misc
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  • All publications (35)
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    Contextualist Swords, Skeptical Plowshares
    Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 62 (2): 385-406. 2001.
    Radical skepticism, the view that no human being has any contingent knowledge of any external world there may be, has few adherents these days. But many who reject it concede that such skeptical arguments as SA require some sort of response, since they are obviously valid and their premises are, at the very least, highly plausible
    Contextualist Replies to Skepticism
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    The given
    Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 46 (4): 597-613. 1986.
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    On the Coherence of Pyrrhonian Skepticism
    Philosophical Review 110 (4): 521. 2001.
    Early in Outlines of Pyrrhonism Sextus Empiricus writes
    Pyrrhonian SkepticismHistory: SkepticismPyrrhonists
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    Kekes on foundationalism
    Philosophia 16 (2): 203-208. 1986.
    Foundationalism, Misc
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    Black and the Inductive Justification of Induction
    Analysis 32 (3). 1972.
    Justification of Induction
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