Skeptics see evidence and plausibility as the best way to assure that ideas are reality-based, allowing one to come as close as possible to objective truth.

Feb 11, 2009 – Jeremy Salow

Berkeley's Conceivability Argument is very important because, by accepting it, you essentially agree that there is no external objective reality that we can conceive of.

Jan 4, 2009 – Peter Burnham

Berkeley's Relativity Argument successfully shows that Locke's primary/secondary quality distinction was flawed. It does not, however, deal Locke's theory a fatal blow.

Jan 4, 2009 – Peter Burnham

Locke theorised a distinction between the primary and secondary properties of objects which, with some adapting, can still survive its criticisms today.

Jan 4, 2009 – Peter Burnham

One of the central debates in 20th Century epistemology concerns the concept of justification. This article gives a brief overview over some major theories in the field.

Jul 1, 2007 – Dorothea Lotter

This article discusses Socrates's idea of wisdom in the light of recent findings in empirical psychology.

Jul 1, 2007 – Dorothea Lotter