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Outlines of Skeptical-Dogmatism
On Disbelieving Our Philosophical Views
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2023
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The ancient Pyrrhonian skeptics suspended judgment about all philosophical views. Their main opponents were the Dogmatists—those 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, must—at least implicitly—take themselves to be “über 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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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-1888-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1889-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
300
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 28
Chapter 1: A Paradox about Our Epistemic Self-Conception: Are You an Über Epistemic Superior? No access
Chapter 2: Na-Na, Na-Na, Boo-Boo, the Accuracy of Your Philosophical Beliefs Is Doo-Doo No access
Chapter 3: Noetic Skepticism No access
Chapter 4: Skeptical-Dogmatism and the External World No access
Chapter 5: Skeptical-Dogmatism and the Self-Undermining Objection No access
Chapter 6: Against Skepticism No access
Chapter 7: Against Egalitarian Dogmatism No access
Chapter 8: Against Elitist Dogmatism No access
Chapter 9: The Ethics of Philosophical Belief No access
Chapter 10: The Lives of Skeptical-Dogmatists No access
Chapter 11: Philosophizing and Skeptical-Dogmatism No access
