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Descartes' methodological doubt and Bourdieu's views on skepticism are discussed in this paper. Descartes wants to defeat skepticism and Cartesian doubt is a method for attaining absolute certainty. On the other hand, Bourdieu's response to skepticismis based on the adjustment of the criteria for certainty. According to Bourdieu's anti-skeptical approach, less-than-absolute evidentness and certainty is sufficient for natural and moral sciences and the knowledge we need in everyday life. In this paper, after discussing the views held by Descartes and Bourdieu on skepticism and the deceptive god hypothesis, which is based on the god's absolute power, their approaches toward skepticism and the consequences are compared
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