ABSTRACT

The Price of Doubt is an important contribution to the problem of scepticism. It offers a new standard for the appraisal of philosophical arguments. Nicholas Nathan confronts the sceptic. He questions the value of his argument and the knowledge it contains and provides a potential remedy to the frustrations of anti-sceptical epistemology.

chapter |2 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter II|12 pages

DEMONIC ARGUMENTS

chapter III|19 pages

REGRESSIVE ARGUMENTS

chapter IV|21 pages

EVIDENCE-OR-ACQUAINTANCE ARGUMENTS

chapter V|22 pages

ANTI-IDEALISM

chapter VI|15 pages

ARGUMENTS AGAINST JUSTIFIED BELIEF

chapter VII|16 pages

FROM RATIONAL ACTION TO RATIONAL BELIEF

chapter VIII|13 pages

ARGUMENTS AGAINST RATIONAL BELIEF

chapter IX|5 pages

THE AFFIRMATION TEST