Disagreement and Skepticism (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy)

The thirteen essays in this volume explore for the first time the possible skeptical implications of disagreement in different areas and from different perspectives, with an emphasis in the current debate about the epistemic significance of disagreement. They represent a new contribution to the study of the connection between disagreement and skepticism in epistemology, metaethics, ancient philosophy, and metaphilosophy. Front Cover 1 Disagreement and Skepticism 5 Copyright Page 6 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 1. Editor’s Introduction: Diego E. Machuca 11 2. Disagreeing with the Pyrrhonist?: Otávio Bueno 34 3. The Role of Disagreement in Pyrrhonian and Cartesian Skepticism: Markus Lammenranta 56 4. A Neo-Pyrrhonian Approach to the Epistemology of Disagreement: Diego E. Machuca 76 5. Moral Disagreement: Actual Vs. Possible: Folke Tersman 100 6. The Fragility of Moral Disagreement: Zed Adams 119 7. How Skeptical is the Equal Weight View?: Brandon Carey and Jonathan Matheson 141 8. Disagreement, Skepticism, and Track-record Arguments: Duncan Pritchard 160 9. Disagreement and Defeat: Clayton Littlejohn 179 10. Disagreement: The Skeptical Arguments from Peerhood and Symmetry: Nathan L. King 203 11. Dealing with Disagreement from the First-Person Perspective: A Probabilist Proposal: Trent Dougherty 228 12. The Problem of Historical Variability: Nathan Ballantyne 249 13. Is Philosophical Knowledge Possible?: Hilary Kornblith 270 14. Defending Philosophy in the Face of Systematic Disagreement: Sanford Goldberg 287 Contributors 305 Name Index 308 Subject Index 311 Disagreeing With The Pyrrhonist? / Otávio Bueno -- The Role Of Disagreement In Pyrrhonian And Cartesian Skepticism / Markus Lammenranta -- A Neo-pyrrhonian Approach To The Epistemology Of Disagreement / Diego E. Machuca -- Moral Disagreement : Actual Vs. Possible / Folke Tersman -- The Fragility Of Moral Disagreement / Zed Adams -- How Skeptical Is The Equal Weight View? / Brandon Carey And Jonathan Matheson -- Disagreement, Skepticism, And Track-record Arguments / Duncan Pritchard -- Disagreement And Defeat / Clayton Littlejohn -- Disagreement : The Skeptical Arguments From Peerhood And Symmetry / Nathan L. King -- Dealing With Disagreement From The First-person Perspective : A Probabilist Proposal / Trent Doughterty -- The Problem Of Historical Variability / Nathan Ballantyne -- Is Philosophical Knowledge Possible? / Hilary Kornblith -- Defending Philosophy In The Face Of Systematic Disagreement / Sanford Goldberg. Edited By Diego E. Machuca. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. "The thirteen essays in this volume explore the possible skeptical implications of disagreement in different areas and from different perspectives, with an emphasis in the current debate about the epistemic significance of disagreement. They represent a new contribution to the study of the connection between disagreement and skepticism in epistemology, metaethics, ancient philosophy, and metaphilosophy." --From publisher's description