What is the best refutation of Philosophical Skepticism?
How do you rule out all the incompatibilities of X not being the case, when you don’t even know what they are? ===== Skepticism is the only sound epistemological theory Sure there are still “knowledges” that exist, but pragmatics or contextual truths aren’t CERTAIN. Do I know the bus will come in 5 minutes? Is that really a finch? What kind of plane is that? All of these have tenative answers, suitable ones, even scientific ones… but none are certain. ===== Scalia, I wish skepticism were so easily championed. The last 100 years of analysis demonstrates otherwise. “A skeptic says s/he knows enough about reality to know one cannot be certain (or know) anything about reality” —this gloss is wrong. The skeptic “knows” as much as any person uses the word “know” – the sun will rise tomorrow, mammals are animals, and all that – however, WE don’t use “know” in the philosophical sense of certainty, from that elevated standard there is no knowledge. your arguments rely on this flaw, but it i
