Radical skepticism

Short description: Philosophical position that knowledge is most likely impossible

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* Belief
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* Knowledge
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* Analytic vs. Synthetic

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Schools of thought

* Empiricism
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Topics and views

* Certainty
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* Infallibilism
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Specialized domains of inquiry

* Evolutionary epistemology
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Notable epistemologists

* René Descartes
* Sextus Empiricus
* Edmund Gettier
* David Hume
* Immanuel Kant
* W. V. O. Quine
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Related fields

* Epistemic logic
* Philosophy of mind
* Philosophy of perception
* Philosophy of science
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Radical skepticism (or radical scepticism in British English) is the philosophical position that knowledge is most likely impossible.[1] Radical skeptics hold that doubt exists as to the veracity of every belief and that certainty is therefore never justified. To determine the extent to which it is possible to respond to radical skeptical challenges is the task of epistemology or "the theory of knowledge".[2]

## See also

* Pyrrhonism
* Cratylism
* Epistemological nihilism
* Nihilism
* Skepticism
* Ajñana

## References

1. ↑ Feyerabend, Paul (1999). For and against Method. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 395. ISBN 0-226-46775-9.
2. ↑ Dancy, Jonathan (1993). A Companion to Epistemology. Oxford: Blackwell. pp. 89. ISBN 0-631-19258-1.

Leavitt, Fred (2021) If Ignorance is Bliss We Should All be Ecstatic. Open Books

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Skepticism

Types|

* Academic
* Moral
* Scientific
* Philosophical
* Religious (Jewish)
* Local
* Environmental
* Pyrrhonian
* Cartesian
* Daoist
* Pseudoskepticism
* Zététique

Skeptical hypotheses|

* Evil genius
* Brain in a vat
* Dream argument
* Omphalos hypothesis

Responses|

* Here is one hand
* Semantic externalism
* Process reliabilism
* Epistemic closure
* Contextualism
* Relativism

Lists|

* List of books about skepticism
* List of scientific skeptics
* List of skeptical conferences
* List of skeptical magazines
* List of skeptical organizations
* List of skeptical podcasts

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