Ranalli, Chris (2018). Revisionism, Scepticism, and the Non-Belief Theory of Hinge Commitments. Int. J. Study Skept., 8 (2). S. 96 - 131. LEIDEN: BRILL. ISSN 2210-5700
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In his recent work, Duncan Pritchard defends a novel Wittgensteinian response to the problem of radical scepticism. The response makes essential use of a form of non-epistemicism about the nature of hinge commitments. According to non-epistemicism, hinge commitments cannot be known or grounded in rational considerations, such as reasons and evidence. On Pritchard's version of non-epistemicism, hinge commitments express propositions but cannot be believed. This is the non-belief theory of hinge commitments (NBT). One of the main reasons in favour of NBT over rival anti-sceptical Wittgensteinian views is that it has less theoretical costs and revisionary consequences than its rivals. In this paper, I argue that NBT fares at least as bad as its rivals in terms of its theoretical costs and revisionism. In particular, I argue that NBT is inconsistent with certain cases of philosophical disagreement; that it faces worries with mental-state scepticism; and that it faces difficulties in explaining how we can represent ourselves as committed to hinge commitments.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-202570 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1163/22105700-20171272 | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Int. J. Study Skept. | ||||||||
Volume: | 8 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | S. 96 - 131 | ||||||||
Date: | 2018 | ||||||||
Publisher: | BRILL | ||||||||
Place of Publication: | LEIDEN | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2210-5700 | ||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20257 |
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