The price of doubt [electronic resource] / N.M.L. Nathan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: International library of philosophyPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.Description: ix, 177 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 121/.5 21
LOC classification:
  • BD215 .N47 2001eb
Online resources: Review: "An argument may fail because it is unsound. A trivial conclusion is another fault. Do all the sceptic's arguments have one or both of these deficiencies? This book conjectures that they do. Some sceptical arguments are entirely sound. Some have non-trivial conclusions. But none, it is conjectured, has both of these advantages."
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index.

"An argument may fail because it is unsound. A trivial conclusion is another fault. Do all the sceptic's arguments have one or both of these deficiencies? This book conjectures that they do. Some sceptical arguments are entirely sound. Some have non-trivial conclusions. But none, it is conjectured, has both of these advantages."

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