Unger 19742000 presents an argument for skepticism that significantly differs from the more traditional arguments for skepticism. Skepticism notes stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Unger is a contemporary american philosopher and professor at new york university. He disagrees, and he offers a defense of skepticism based upon a discussion of what he calls absolute termsterms which apply without qualification. Peter unger, new york university repository citation unger, peter 1974 an argument for skepticism, philosophic exchange. Sophisticated worries about what skepticism requires. In this, unger joins one of the longest traditions of philosophical thought. Ungers argument for skepticism revisited douven 2008. Peter unger, a defense of skepticism philosophical. His book, ignorance, presents a series of arguments defending skeptical positions. Unger, peter 1974 an argument for skepticism, philosophic exchange.
I support the theory of skepticism because there is no real way to know if something is real or not, now maybe not as. If you thought there were rocks and you said you know there is rocks, but you find out someone is controlling your brain, can you really still say there are rocks. His book, ignorance, presents a series of arguments defending. A universal form of cartesian skepticism would have to hold, for some proposition of the form suspension of judgment is the only justified attitude regarding p. The skeptic following peter unger 1975 says that knowledge is an abso lute term. There are certain arguments for skepticism which conform to a familiar. I mean to offer a positive argument for skepticism about knowledge. These arguments rely, at least for their psychological power, on vivid descriptions of exotic contrast cases.
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