1st Edition

Can We Know Anything? A Debate

By Bryan Frances, Michael Huemer Copyright 2024
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

In this book, Michael Huemer and Bryan Frances debate whether – and how – we can gain knowledge of the world outside of our own minds. Starting with opening statements, the debate moves through two rounds of replies. Frances argues that we lack knowledge because, for example, we cannot rule out the possibility that we are brains in vats being artificially stimulated in such a way as to create... Read more

Foreword
Duncan Pritchard

Opening Statements

1. The Illusion of Knowledge
Bryan Frances

2. The Reality of Knowledge
Michael Huemer

First Round of Replies

3. The Skeptic’s Response to the Realist
Bryan Frances

4. The Realist’s Response to the Skeptic
Michael Huemer

Second Round of Replies

5. When Will It Ever End?: Reply to Huemer’s Response
Bryan Frances

6. It Ends Here: Response to Francis’s Reply
Michael Huemer

Biography

Michael Huemer is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of numerous academic articles in epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, and metaphysics, as well as several books, including Skepticism and the Veil of Perception, The Problem of Political Authority, and Understanding Knowledge.

Bryan Frances has taught and conducted research in universities in several countries. He has published books and articles in epistemology, metaphysics, the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of religion. His books include The Epistemic Consequences of Paradox, An Agnostic Defends God, Scepticism Comes Alive, and Disagreement.