Local skepticism
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Local skepticism is the view that one cannot possess knowledge in some particular domain. It contrasts with global skepticism (also known as absolute skepticism or universal skepticism), the view that one cannot know anything at all.

Examples of local skepticism

  • Moral skepticism
    Moral skepticism
    "Moral skepticism" denotes a class of metaethical theories all members of which entail that no one has any moral knowledge. Many moral skeptics also make the stronger, modal, claim that moral knowledge is impossible...

    is the belief that moral knowledge is either nonexistent or unattainable.
  • Metaphysical skepticism is the denial of metaphysical knowledge. This belief is generally said to follow from the argument that material knowledge can only be attained through our perception
    Perception
    Perception is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of the environment by organizing and interpreting sensory information. All perception involves signals in the nervous system, which in turn result from physical stimulation of the sense organs...

     of the world, and that our senses which constitute that perception do not necessarily correspond with any actual state of affairs. See also: subjective idealism
    Subjective idealism
    Subjective idealism, or empirical idealism, is the monistic metaphysical doctrine that only minds and mental contents exist. It entails and is generally identified or associated with immaterialism, the doctrine that physical things do not exist...

  • Theological skepticism it is the view that we cannot know for certain whether one or more deities exist. A theological skeptic may be an atheist, theist, or agnostic.

Further reading

  • The Impossibility of Local Skepticism by Stephen Maitzen -- a critique of the possibility of local skepticism
  • Theory of Knowledge, notes by Richard Feldman, University of Rochester
    University of Rochester
    The University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...

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