6.18 Skepticism

Keywords: skeptical, skeptic, skepticism, hands, demon, external, moore, descartes, alternatives, hypotheses, evil, puzzle, ordinary, dretske, world

Number of articles: 61
Weighted number of articles: 57.43086

A scatterplot showing the raw number of articles that are in the epistemology subtopic skepticism each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.87, and the median value is 1. It reaches a peak value of 6 in 2000, and has a minimum value of 0 in 1946.

Figure 6.77: Raw number of articles in topic 18, skepticism.

A scatterplot showing the weighted number of articles that are in the epistemology subtopic skepticism each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.83, and the median value is 0.55. It reaches a peak value of 4.5 in 2000, and has a minimum value of 0 in 1950.

Figure 6.78: Weighted number of articles in topic 18, skepticism.

A scatterplot showing the proportion of philosophy articles that are in the epistemology subtopic skepticism each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.2%, and the median value is 0.1%. It reaches a peak value of 1.0% in 2000, and has a minimum value of 0.0% in 1950.

Figure 6.79: Percentage of philosophy articles in topic 18, skepticism.

A scatterplot showing the percentage of epistemology articles that are in the epistemology subtopic skepticism each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 2.8%, and the median value is 2.2%. It reaches a peak value of 9.1% in 1955, and has a minimum value of 0.0% in 1950.

Figure 6.80: Percentage of epistemology articles in topic 18, skepticism.

Characteristic Articles

  1. Jessica Wilson, 2012, “The Regress Argument Against Cartesian Skepticism,” Analysis 72:668–73.
  2. John Greco, 2002, “How to Reid Moore,” The Philosophical Quarterly 52:544–63.
  3. Alastair M. Macleod, 1965, “Moore’s Proof,” Analysis 25:154–60.
  4. Albert A. Johnstone, 1991, “The Need for Warrant,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 51:541–56.
  5. John O. Nelson, 1965, “A Groat’s Worth More on Moore’s Assertion,” Analysis 26:32–2.
  6. Fred Dretske, 1997, “So Do We Know or Don’t We?,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 57:407–9.
  7. Thompson Clarke, 1972, “The Legacy of Skepticism,” Journal of Philosophy 69:754–69.
  8. Barry Stroud, 1984, “Skepticism and the Possibility of Knowledge,” Journal of Philosophy 81:545–51.
  9. Janet Levin, 1987, “Skepticism, Objectivity, and the Invulnerability of Knowledge,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 48:63–78.
  10. Robert J. Fogelin, 1984, “Taking Skepticism Seriously,” Journal of Philosophy 81:552–2.

Highly Cited Articles

  1. Keith Derose, 1995, “Solving the Skeptical Problem,” Philosophical Review 104:1–52. (0.6944925)
  2. Anthony Brueckner, 1994, “The Structure of the Skeptical Argument,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 54:827–35. (0.3152991)