Précis of How to Take Skepticism Seriously

Abstract

This paper provides a brief overview of the chapters and main themes of How to Take Skepticism Seriously (Oxford University Press, 2024). It sketches the book’s approach to its primary aim: showing how external world skepticism can be satisfactorily refuted without building or depending upon epistemological theory. While drawing upon the pioneering work of J.L. Austin and G.E. Moore, the book engages a wide range of issues in contemporary epistemology.