Local skepticism
 | This article or section is in a state of significant expansion or restructuring. You are welcome to assist in its construction by editing it as well. If this article or section has not been edited in several days, please remove this template. If you are the editor who added this template and you are actively editing, please be sure to replace this template with {{in use}} during the active editing session. Click on the link for template parameters to use.
This article was last edited by XDanielx (talk | contribs) 17 years ago. (Update timer) |
Local skepticism is the view that one cannot possess knowledge in some particular domain thereof. It contrasts with global skepticism (also known as absolute skepticism or universal skepticism), which is the complete and unconditional denial of knowledge.
Examples of local skepticism
- Moral skepticism is the belief that moral knowledge is either nonexistent or unattainable.
- Theological skepticism is the view that we cannot know for certain whether one or more deities exist. A theological skeptic may be an athiest, theist, or agnostic[1] from The Skeptic's Dictionary
Notes
Further reading
- The Impossibility of Local Skepticism by Stephen Maitzen -- a critique of the possibility of local skepticism
- Theory of Knowledge, notes by Richard Feldman, University of Rochester