CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Puskaric, Ksenija |
|---|---|
| Title | The Skeptical Challenge: A Cartesian Approach |
| Summary | This dissertation explores the plausibility of the Cartesian skeptical challenge regarding perceptual knowledge – the presuppositions of the dream and deceiver arguments. It compares how different theories of perception lead to skepticism, and how the imaginative model of dream experiences bears affect on the plausibility of the dream skepticism. It offers a Cartesian response to the skeptical deceiver argument. On the basis of Descartes‘ trademark argument for the existence of God, which is defended as an argument from incomprehensibility of the idea of God, the deceiver error-possibility is ruled out. The main claim is that skeptical challenge can be answered. |
| Supervisor | Farkas, Katalin |
| Department | Philosophy PhD |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/fphpuk01.pdf |
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