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Single Idea 2241
[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique
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Full Idea
The chief and most confounding objection to excessive scepticism is that no durable good can ever result from it.
Gist of Idea
The main objection to scepticism is that no good can come of it
Source
David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748], XII.II.128)
Book Ref
Hume,David: 'Enquiries Conc. Human Understanding, Morals', ed/tr. Selby-Bigge/Nidditch [OUP 1975], p.159
The
30 ideas
with the same theme
[ways of objecting to strongly sceptical claims]:
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1919
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You don't need to learn what you know, and how do you seek for what you don't know?
[Plato]
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1762
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When someone denied motion, Diogenes got up and walked away
[Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius]
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6592
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Academics said that Pyrrhonians were guilty of 'negative dogmatism'
[Pyrrho, by Fogelin]
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20794
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How can sceptics show there is no criterion? Weak without, contradiction with
[Sext.Empiricus]
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3064
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When sceptics say that nothing is definable, or all arguments have an opposite, they are being dogmatic
[Diog. Laertius]
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3604
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When rebuilding a house, one needs alternative lodgings
[Descartes]
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2294
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I can only sense an object if it is present, and can't fail to sense it when it is
[Descartes]
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6488
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Locke has no patience with scepticism
[Locke, by Robinson,H]
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19392
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I don't recommend universal doubt; we constantly seek reasons for things which are indubitable
[Leibniz]
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2240
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It is a very extravagant aim of the sceptics to destroy reason and argument by means of reason and argument
[Hume]
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2241
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The main objection to scepticism is that no good can come of it
[Hume]
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5592
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Scepticism is the euthanasia of pure reason
[Kant]
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5595
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Scepticism is absurd in maths, where there are no hidden false assertions
[Kant]
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22780
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It is a rejection of intellectual dignity to say that we cannot know the truth
[Hegel]
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6945
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Once doubt ceases, there is no point in continuing to argue
[Peirce]
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22206
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Natural science has become great by just ignoring ancient scepticism
[Husserl]
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21578
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Global scepticism is irrefutable, but can't replace our other beliefs, and just makes us hesitate
[Russell]
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22163
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The scandal of philosophy is expecting to prove reality when the prover's Being is vague
[Heidegger]
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3596
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Total doubt can't even get started
[Wittgenstein, by Williams,M]
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4160
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One can mistrust one's own senses, but not one's own beliefs
[Wittgenstein]
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8805
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Skepticism is false because our utterances agree, because they are caused by the same objects
[Davidson]
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2566
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You can't debate about whether to have higher standards for the application of words
[Rorty]
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3252
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Scepticism is based on ideas which scepticism makes impossible
[Nagel]
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2743
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What is the point of arguing against knowledge, if being right undermines your own argument?
[Dancy,J]
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3880
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Logical positivism avoids scepticism, by closing the gap between evidence and conclusion
[Scruton]
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19559
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Contextualists slightly concede scepticism, but only in extremely strict contexts
[Cohen,S]
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6364
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We can't start our beliefs from scratch, because we wouldn't know where to start
[Pollock/Cruz]
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3761
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Modern arguments against the sceptic are epistemological and semantic externalism, and the focus on relevance
[Bernecker/Dretske]
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6590
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Scepticism deals in remote possibilities that are ineliminable and set the standard very high
[Fogelin]
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19507
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Radical scepticism is merely raised, and is not a response to worrying evidence
[Pritchard,D]
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