Silencing the Demon’s Advocate
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 2008-04-23 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780804779661 |
| ISBN-13 | : 080477966X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
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Download or read book Silencing the Demon’s Advocate written by and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-23 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author argues that many problems of interpretation including notorious problems of circularity, arise from a failure to recognise that Descartes' strategy for the attainment of certainty is not to add support for his beliefs, but to subtract grounds for doubt.
