Unger’s Views on Skepticism and Certainty
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SummaryPeter Unger applies a unique approach to skepticism. In his essay, “An Argument for Skepticism”, he endorses the concept by insisting that if one is not a skeptic, he/she must be (more or less) dogmatic. The way in which he supports this is by attempting to prove that nobody ever knows anything--because if one claims that he/she knows something, he/she is indirectly supposing that it is “perfectly all right” (Unger 43) to be certain of it. However, I will argue that Unger’s definition of certainty—his idea that certainty is more or less a dogmatic attitude—is not accurate; so that one may be certain without being dogmatic.
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- I will begin by attempting to clarify the argument in question, the argument for skepticism as it pertains to Unger's definition of certainty
- Unger first attempts to argue in favor of skepticism by insisting that 'If someone knows something to be so, then it is all right for the person to be absolutely certain that it is so?
- Unger uses the concept of certainty as a dogmatic attitude, in order to endorse his concept of skepticism.
- However, I believe that one can be certain of something without being dogmatic
- Peter Unger's argument for the endorsement of skepticism begins by detailing a set of premises in order to develop a bold conclusion that asserts
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