Semantic Externalist Answers to Epistemic Skepticism

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Bikaraan Behesht, Hamed | 2010

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 40163 (42)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Philosophy of Science
Advisor(s): Nasrin, Mehdi
Abstract:
As Davidson says, "Rorty sees the history of Western philosophy as a confused and victorless battle between unintelligible skepticism and lame attempts to answer it." Therefore we can say that the core issue of Epistemology, in various ages of history of philosophy, is the problem of skepticism. Semantic externalism according to some contemporary philosophers, like Hilary Putnam, Anthony Brueckner and Donald Davidson, gives various answers to skeptical arguments. On the other hand, skepticism also can be a challenge for semantic externalism. In this thesis, I have attempted to draw a scheme to clarify the status of these issues with regard to each other
Keywords:
Skepticism ; Meaning ; Reference Theory ; Semantic Externalism ; Content

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