Convinced that both epistemology and philosophy have gone astray in the twentieth century, George Chatalian seeks to restore the classical tradition in both, in part by marshaling a mass of data about philosophical skepticism throughout the history of philosophy, data which taken as a whole are not to be found in any other work. Despite the extensive historical and linguistic investigations, however, the work is essentially a philosophical one. After outlining the theses he sees as central to the epistemology of Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, W. V. Quine and those more or less deeply influenced by them, and after tracing these claims to their deeper source in the analytic conception of philosophy, Chatalian assesses the claims such theses make about the Greek skeptics, sophists, and Plato. Such an assessment, Chatalian argues, exposes the false foundations of analytic epistemology. Epistemology and Skepticism outlines a complete epistemology in what, according to its author, is the classical sense.

About the Author
George Chatalian has taught at the Universities of Ife and Lagos; at the latter, he was head of the Department of Philosophy.

Reviews

"Of the many works on the nature of epistemology that have appeared during this period, the present book seems to me one of the most profound and illuminating."-from the Foreword

Book Information
ISBN 9780809316724
Author George Chatalian
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
Publisher Southern Illinois University Press
Weight(grams) 170g
Dimensions(mm) 238mm * 157mm * 8mm