RADICAL SCEPTICISM'S PRESUPPOSITIONS

BY ASHLEY PRINGLE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT	V
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION	1
AGRIPPA'S TRILEMMA	1
CARTESIAN AND HUMEAN SCEPTICISM	3
THE ARGUMENT FROM ERROR	5
THE DIFFICULTY OF RADICAL SCEPTICISM	6
RESPONSES TO SCEPTICISM	9
MOORE	9
AUSTIN	13
QUINE	20
NOZICK AND DRETSKE	28
CHAPTER 2 THEORETICAL DIAGNOSIS AND CONTEXTUALISM	33
THE EPISTEMOLOGIST'S DILEMMA	33
WILLIAMS' ANTI-SCEPTICAL STRATEGY	37
EPISTEMOLOGICAL REALISM	42
FOUNDATIONALISM	43
SCEPTICISM AS THE BASIS FOR FOUNDATIONALISM, OR FOUNDATIONALISM AS THE BASIS FOR SCEPTICISM?	47
COHERENCE	56
CONTEXTUALISM	66
CHAPTER 3 OBJECTIONS TO CONTEXTUALISM AND ANTI-SCEPTICISM	79
DEROSE AND BLACK	79
RESPONSE	88
MCGINN AND SKORUPSKI	95
RESPONSE	100
STROUD	109
GRAHAM	113
CHAPTER 4 CONCLUSION	119
REFERENCES	123