Abstract Even though Socrates might have not agreed, the best possible answer to a question of the form “What is an X?” (such as “What is a human being?” or “What is a thought experiment?”) is not an attempt at…
Abstract Quine is unanimously recognised as a central figure of the philosophical debate of the second half of last century. His contributions range from philosophy of language to epistemology and metaphysics. The different aspects of Quine’s thought are, however, hard…
Abstract The aim of this entry is to introduce the reader to the debate on scepticism in contemporary analytic philosophy. I will consider two sorts of sceptical arguments, arguments that aim to show our lack of knowledge. The first kind…