Local skepticism

Local skepticism is the view that one cannot possess knowledge in some particular domain. It contrasts with global skepticism (also known as absolute skepticism or universal skepticism), the view that one cannot know anything at all.

Examples of local skepticism

Notes

  1. Moral Skepticism, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  2. Metaepistemology and Skepticism, by Richard Fumerton, pp. 31-32
  3. Philosophical Skepticism from The Skeptic's Dictionary

Further reading


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