PHIL-215 Chapter Notes - Chapter week 1-6: Deontological Ethics, Consequentialism, Mind
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Descartes brings up philosophical skepticism: to cast doubt on claims or beliefs until evidence is provided. It is not enough to have a true belief: one must also have good reasons for that belief. Skeptics claim that it is not possible to have an adequate justification. skepticism is not a single position but covers a range of different positions. In the ancient world there were two main skeptical traditions. Radical skepticism ends in the paradoxical claim that one cannot know anything including that one cannot know about knowing anything. skepticism can be classified according to its scope. In the western tradition there are two basic approaches to skepticism. Skepticism relies on assessment of scope and strength: in terms of scope, the doubt is widecast in philosophy (ie not just doubting the media sources, but doubting knowledge in general (ie of the external world like descartes does)
