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Sense and Certainty

Marie McGinn (Author)

9780631157861, Wiley

Hardback, published 5 January 1989

178 pages
23.3 x 16.4 x 2 cm, 0.397 kg

This dissertation aims to construct a non-dogmatic defence of common sense. It tries to show why the absence of justification for the judgements of common sense, which the sceptic reveals, does not invalidate them.

Preface

1 The Problem of Scepticism 1

2 The Conflict between Scepticism and Common Sense 14

3 Moore's Defence of Common Sense 40

4 On the Significance of What We Would Ordinarily Doubt 54

5 On the Significance of What We Would Ordinarily Claim to Know 76

6 Wittgenstein on the Philosopher's Use of 'I Know' 101

7 Wittgenstein on Certainty 121

8 On the Status of Moore-Type Propositions 137

Bibliography 164

Index 165

Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]

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