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1、HilaryPutnamREPLYTOROBERTBOYDSTRAWSONANDSKEPTICISM*ume,generally,thoughcontentiously,regardedasaskepticaboutHcausationand,lesscontentiously,aboutthejustificationofinduc-PeterStrawsonisoneofthegreatphilosophersofthecentury.IfIhavelongbeenanadmirerofhiswork,itisbecauseoftheexemplar
2、ywaytivereasoning,neverthelessrecognizes'rulesforjudgingofcausesandinwhich,timeandtimeagain,hehasadvancedthestateofphilosophicaleffects'.ProfessorBoydproceeds,asHumedoesnot,toafullerandmorediscussionandopenednewavenuesforustoexplore.Hehasdonethisindetailedstudyofthecanonsofordina
3、rynondeductivereasoninginthoseareaafterarea(whilealwayskeepinginmindtheinterrelatednessofcaseswheretheconcernisnotarrivingatgeneraltheoretical,butatphilosophicalissues).Iparticularlyvaluethefactthatheopenedthewayparticular,evenpracticalconclusions-reasoning,inshort,suchastoarecep
4、tionofKant'sphilosophybyanalyticphilosophers.Inthispeoplecustomarilyemployinordinarycircumstances.essay,however,IexploreatensionIfindbetweenStrawson'sKantianProfessor-Boyd'sprocedureistoconsideranumberofsuchargu-andhisHumeansympathies.'ments,mostofthemquiteweak,andbyexaminingthei
5、rweaknessesor,inonecase,strengths,toelicitthecriteriawhichargumentsofdifferentnondeductiietypesshouldsatisfy,ifgood,andthewaysinwhichtheymayfallshort,whenpoor.IhavenocriticismsofthisprocedureorofthemoralswhichBoyddrawsfromfollowingit.Iwouldonlydemur,mildly,InSkepticismandNaturali
6、sm:SomeVarieties,PeterStrawsontakesaathisuseoftheword'logic'inthisconnection,sincethetermdoessoratherhardHumeanline.Beliefintheexternalworld,ortheuniformitystronglypointtowardsthepossibilityofformalization,which,paceofnature,isamatterofnaturalinclination,notreceivedconviction,and
7、Carnap,isreallyalienhere.Howevermyprotesthastobeamildone,wecouldnotbebroughttogivesuchbeliefsupbyanyreasons.sinceinordinaryparlanceitisperfectlypossibleunmisleadinglytoMoreover,theskeptic'sdoubtsandthevariousphilosophicalattemptstocriticizeorapplaudsuchargumentsbysaying,e.g.,'Tha
8、t'sillogical'oranswertheskepticarealikep
