Replies to Smith, Doulas, Lycan, and Steup

Abstract In these replies, I respond to critical comments on my book ( Radical Skepticism and Epistemic Intuition , Oxford 2021) from Julia Smith, Louis Doulas, Bill Lycan, and Matthias Steup, who (along with me) contributed to a symposium on that book for this journal. I discuss the following topics (among others), all in the context of my commonsense response to radical skepticism: epistemic intuitions, evidence, disagreement, philosophical pessimism, epistemic modesty, inference to the best explanation, theoretical virtues, particularism, methodism, epistemic circularity, and higher-level requirements on epistemic justification.

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Canadian Journal of Philosophy
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2024-10-01
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https://doi.org/10.1017/can.2025.10030
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Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
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Replies to Smith, Doulas, Lycan, and Steup

Michael Bergmann
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Michael Bergmann
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Abstract In these replies, I respond to critical comments on my book ( Radical Skepticism and Epistemic Intuition , Oxford 2021) from Julia Smith, Louis Doulas, Bill Lycan, and Matthias Steup, who (along with me) contributed to a symposium on that book for this journal. I discuss the following topics (among others), all in the context of my commonsense response to radical skepticism: epistemic intuitions, evidence, disagreement, philosophical pessimism, epistemic modesty, inference to the best explanation, theoretical virtues, particularism, methodism, epistemic circularity, and higher-level requirements on epistemic justification.

Canadian Journal of PhilosophyVol. 54(7)
Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 13%
Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
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