Allan Hazlett is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

This book's great success is owed to the philosophical insight and expository skill of its author, whose mastery is manifest in the depth and breadth attained, with crystal clarity and a light touch that will please readers. -- Ernest Sosa, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, USA Allan Hazlett's book is the best sort of guide to skepticism: both sympathetic and critical in turns, it is thoroughly grounded in recent historical scholarship and displays a sharp eye for issues in contemporary epistemology. This lucid and engaging presentation of the skeptical tradition-from its origin to its present and possible future-successfully captures what makes skepticism an endless source of philosophical fascination. -- Baron Reed, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, USA Marked by a dazzling combination of comprehensiveness, brevity, novelty, clarity, humor, and a refreshing streak of irreverence, Hazlett's introduction to skepticism will make an excellent addition to any course in epistemology and, indeed, to the bookshelf of every thoughtful person who wants to avoid the intellectual doom which, Hazlett argues, accompanies ignorance of the great skeptical and anti-skeptical traditions. Dare I say it? Even skeptics will agree: the more people who know about this book, the better. -- John Turri, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Canada

• Part I: Skepticism1. The Skeptical Persuasion2. The Mode from Dispute3. Our Inirm Understanding4. Our Darkened IntellectPart II: Anti-Skepticism5. The Moorean Persuasion6. Nonclosure7. Skepticism and LanguagePart III: New Directions8. Beyond Propositional Knowledge9. Skepsis and PraxisBibliographyIndex

Allan Hazlett is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

This book's great success is owed to the philosophical insight and expository skill of its author, whose mastery is manifest in the depth and breadth attained, with crystal clarity and a light touch that will please readers. -- Ernest Sosa, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, USA Allan Hazlett's book is the best sort of guide to skepticism: both sympathetic and critical in turns, it is thoroughly grounded in recent historical scholarship and displays a sharp eye for issues in contemporary epistemology. This lucid and engaging presentation of the skeptical tradition-from its origin to its present and possible future-successfully captures what makes skepticism an endless source of philosophical fascination. -- Baron Reed, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, USA Marked by a dazzling combination of comprehensiveness, brevity, novelty, clarity, humor, and a refreshing streak of irreverence, Hazlett's introduction to skepticism will make an excellent addition to any course in epistemology and, indeed, to the bookshelf of every thoughtful person who wants to avoid the intellectual doom which, Hazlett argues, accompanies ignorance of the great skeptical and anti-skeptical traditions. Dare I say it? Even skeptics will agree: the more people who know about this book, the better. -- John Turri, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Canada

• Part I: Skepticism1. The Skeptical Persuasion2. The Mode from Dispute3. Our Inirm Understanding4. Our Darkened IntellectPart II: Anti-Skepticism5. The Moorean Persuasion6. Nonclosure7. Skepticism and LanguagePart III: New Directions8. Beyond Propositional Knowledge9. Skepsis and PraxisBibliographyIndex

Allan Hazlett is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

This book's great success is owed to the philosophical insight and expository skill of its author, whose mastery is manifest in the depth and breadth attained, with crystal clarity and a light touch that will please readers. -- Ernest Sosa, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, USA Allan Hazlett's book is the best sort of guide to skepticism: both sympathetic and critical in turns, it is thoroughly grounded in recent historical scholarship and displays a sharp eye for issues in contemporary epistemology. This lucid and engaging presentation of the skeptical tradition-from its origin to its present and possible future-successfully captures what makes skepticism an endless source of philosophical fascination. -- Baron Reed, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, USA Marked by a dazzling combination of comprehensiveness, brevity, novelty, clarity, humor, and a refreshing streak of irreverence, Hazlett's introduction to skepticism will make an excellent addition to any course in epistemology and, indeed, to the bookshelf of every thoughtful person who wants to avoid the intellectual doom which, Hazlett argues, accompanies ignorance of the great skeptical and anti-skeptical traditions. Dare I say it? Even skeptics will agree: the more people who know about this book, the better. -- John Turri, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Canada

• Part I: Skepticism1. The Skeptical Persuasion2. The Mode from Dispute3. Our Inirm Understanding4. Our Darkened IntellectPart II: Anti-Skepticism5. The Moorean Persuasion6. Nonclosure7. Skepticism and LanguagePart III: New Directions8. Beyond Propositional Knowledge9. Skepsis and PraxisBibliographyIndex