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About this book
The ancient Pyrrhonian skeptics suspended judgment about all philosophical views. Their main opponents were the Dogmatistsāthose who believed their preferred philosophical views. In Outlines of Skeptical-Dogmatism: On Disbelieving Our Philosophical Views, Mark Walker argues, contra Pyrrhonians and Dogmatists, for a "darker" skepticism: that we should disbelieve our philosophical views. On the question of political morality, for example, we should disbelieve libertarianism, conservativism, socialism, liberalism, and any alternative ideologies. Since most humans have philosophical beliefs, such as about religious and political matters, humanity writ large should disbelieve their preferred philosophical views. Walker argues that Skeptical-Dogmatism permits a more realistic estimation of our epistemic powers. Dogmatists who believe their view is correct, while believing that two or more competing views are false, mustāat least implicitlyātake themselves to be "Ć¼ber epistemic superiors" to their disagreeing colleagues. Such a self-assessment is as implausible as it is hubristic. Skeptical-Dogmatism, in contrast, permits a more realistic and humbler epistemic self-conception. Walker also shows that there are no insuperable practical difficulties in living as a Skeptical-Dogmatist.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: Skeptical-Dogmatism
- Chapter 1: A Paradox about Our Epistemic Self-Conception: Are You an Ćber Epistemic Superior?
- Chapter 2: Na-Na, Na-Na, Boo-Boo, the Accuracy of Your Philosophical Beliefs Is Doo-Doo
- Chapter 3: Noetic Skepticism
- Chapter 4: Skeptical-Dogmatism and the External World
- Chapter 5: Skeptical-Dogmatism and the Self-Undermining Objection
- Part II: Against Skepticism and Dogmatism
- Chapter 6: Against Skepticism
- Chapter 7: Against Egalitarian Dogmatism
- Chapter 8: Against Elitist Dogmatism
- Chapter 9: The Ethics of Philosophical Belief
- Part III: The Life of a Skeptical-Dogmatist
- Chapter 10: The Lives of Skeptical-Dogmatists
- Chapter 11: Philosophizing and Skeptical-Dogmatism
- Chapter 12: Creative Gadflies
- References
- Index
- About the Author