Unnatural Doubts: Epistemological Realism and the Basis of Skepticism

by Michael J. Williams

Book Overview

In Unnatural Doubts, Michael Williams constructs a masterly polemic against the very idea of epistemology, as traditionally conceived. Although philosophers have often found problems in efforts to study the nature and limits of human knowledge, Williams provides the first book that systematically argues against there being such a thing as knowledge of the external world. He maintains that knowledge of the world consitutes a theoretically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069101115X
• ISBN13: 9780691011158
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"