Philosophy A-Level
Scope of doubt
What Scope of doubt means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Scope of doubt
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The difference between philosophical scepticism, which targets whole classes of belief and standards of justification, and incredulity, which targets individual claims.
Topics that use Scope of doubt
- The limits of knowledge (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Assessment of Descartes' response to scepticism
- Empiricism
- Methodological doubt
- Normal incredulity
- Philosophical scepticism
- Reliabilism
- Reliable process
- Sense-data and inference
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