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Oxford Handbook of Skepticism (Oxford Handbooks)

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The Oxford Handbook of Skepticism is a very complete source on modern Skepticism. It is definitely not for an average reader, but for those who have taken a philosophy class in college or read a few philosophy papers it should be fine. With that said, I must say this is the best book on Skepticism out there. I was really impressed by the quality of the articles presented. And the whole text is done with the perspective of a modern philosopher. You won't get much in the vein of Pyrrho, Sextus Empiricus or Descartes, but you will get modern justifications and arguements of their philosophies. And these justifications and arguements are very deep. Any philosopher which claims certainty or truth will need to defend themselves against each arguement in the book, as it does contain the wide array of views modern Skeptics have. Now this book does take a neutral approach and has arguements against Skepticism as well (the reader might note, though, these arguements are like the classical type, they refute specific types of Skepticism and not general forms). So this book offers an array of views on Skepticism, and it is the best coverage on a philosophical point of view yet to date. Now the only thing Skepticism needs is a book written for non-philosophers that has the coverage and quality this does.