先验论证与怀疑论

Transcendental Arguments and Skepticism

自从康德以来,哲学家们经常使用先验论证来回答怀疑论者提出的各种挑战,而这种论证在当代分析哲学的各个领域中已经被广泛地使用。这种类型的论证并没有成功地回答怀疑论的挑战,但同时,它为我们理解人类知识的本质和限度作出了有意义的贡献。

Philosophers, since Kant, frequently use the transcendental arguments in response to skeptical challenges. They use the arguments also in different fields of contemporary analytical philosophy. XU Xiang-dong, by means of revealing and clarifying the very nature of the transcendental arguments, tries to show that transcendental arguments have failed in fully addressing skeptical challenges. The arguments, nevertheless, make a significant contribution to our understanding of the nature and limits of human knowledge.