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On an Irrelevant Regress
Author(s) -
Avnur Yuval
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1755-2567
pISSN - 0040-5825
DOI - 10.1111/theo.12070
Subject(s) - proposition , artesian aquifer , philosophy , epistemology , engineering , geotechnical engineering , aquifer , groundwater
In a recent article, W ilson argues that C artesian S cepticism leads to a vicious regress that can only be stopped by rejecting C artesian S cepticism. If she is right, W ilson has solved one of philosophy's enduring problems. However, her regress is irrelevant to C artesian S cepticism. This is evident once the proposition that we should have doubts, the person who has doubts, and the person who thinks that we should have doubts are carefully distinguished.