Chisholm, Quine and the Response to Scepticism

The paper explores the relation between Chisholm’s particularist response to the Pyrrhonian problem of the criterion and Quine’s Darwinian response to the problem of induction. Chisholm admits that his particularist approach begs the question whereas Quine is not impressed by the objection that his approach is circular. It is argued that on balance Quine’s response to scepticism is stronger than Chisholm’s response.