{"product_id":"radical-skepticism-and-the-shadow-of-doubt-9781350033856","title":"Radical Skepticism and the Shadow of Doubt","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEli Hirsch is Charles Goldman Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDividing Reality\u003c\/i\u003e (OUP, 1999) and \u003ci\u003eQuantifier Variance and Realism: Essays in Metaontology\u003c\/i\u003e (OUP, 2011).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHirsch's book is illuminating, it charts new territory, and lays out old territory in a new light. The Talmudic allusions are enlightening, and the narrative detours are entertaining . . . It is first-class philosophical literature. * Notre Dame Philosophical Review *\u003cbr\u003eHirsch has opened the way to ask such questions, important not only for philosophy but for humanity. * Philosophy in Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  \u003cb\u003eI. Vatol’s anxiety\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction to Lev’s question The example of Vatol Yitzhak’s reaction to skepticism, and Williamson’s On the nature of this work The “two-level” view of the impossibility of doubt The meaning of “reasons” to doubt Relationships between “doubt”, “belief”, “assertion”, and “certainty” Further connections between “doubt”, “anxiety”, and “knowledge” Interlude: Waiting for Godot A connection to Nagel’s skepticism Interlude: philosophy and comedy A challenge to Lev’s assumptions about epistemic anxiety   \u003cb\u003eII. Vatol and Us\u003c\/b\u003e The n-to-n+1 argument A safety condition on belief Interlude: memories of Berkeley Pryor’s epistemic principle Distinction between one-level and two-level cases Interlude: Talmudic connections The “non-circularity” condition Daniel ‘s challenges to Yitzhak’s view Yitzhak’s stringent response to “entering a loop” Yitzhak’s Austinian answer to the problem of dreams Interlude: finding an “eitzah” Daniel’s two additional questions Summary Lev’s disagreement with Yitzhak   \u003cb\u003eIII. The Impossibility of Doubt\u003c\/b\u003e Lev’s past epistemic anxiety Interlude: Memories from Yeshiva Lev’s first argument for the impossibility of doubt The first premise of Lev’s first argument A question about valuing one’s life on the basis of probabilities A comparison of Lev’s position with Kant’s and Wittgenstein’s Interlude: Yitzhak’s tale Lev’s second argument The meaning of “having a self” Interlude: Yitzhak’s pride and shame Relationship between the notions of “self” and “identification” Broughton’s suggestion that Hume did not identity with his belief in an external reality Lev’s epistemic attitude  Endnotes References","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407500026199,"sku":"9781350033856","price":28.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/radical-skepticism-and-the-shadow-of-doubt-9781350033856","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}