On September 8th, Dr. Stephen Hetherington (UNSW) will be speaking on "Scepticism as an Intellectualist Mistake" at 5:30 in room 19.1003 at UOW. All are welcome.
Abstract: How many philosophers have claimed to uncover a fundamental failing within sceptical thinking about knowledge? All too many; perhaps the quest is foolhardy. Maybe irrationally undaunted, though, this paper joins that fray — armed with the Rylean distinction between knowing-that and knowing-how. The paper’s conclusion is that sceptical thinking which would deny us knowledge relies upon a mistaken metaphysical presumption about the nature of knowledge and knowing.
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