Augustine And Academic Skepticism

Author : Blake D. Dutton
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501703546

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Augustine and Academic Skepticism by Blake D. Dutton Pdf

Among the most important, but frequently neglected, figures in the history of debates over skepticism is Augustine of Hippo (354–430 CE). His early dialogue, Against the Academics, together with substantial material from his other writings, constitutes a sustained attempt to respond to the tradition of skepticism with which he was familiar. This was the tradition of Academic skepticism, which had its home in Plato’s Academy and was transmitted to the Roman world through the writings of Cicero (106–43 BCE). Augustine and Academic Skepticism: A Philosophical Study is the first comprehensive treatment of Augustine’s critique of Academic skepticism. In clear and accessible prose, Blake D. Dutton presents that critique as a serious work of philosophy and engages with it precisely as such. While Dutton provides an extensive review of Academic skepticism and Augustine’s encounter with it, his primary concern is to articulate and evaluate Augustine’s strategy to discredit Academic skepticism as a philosophical practice and vindicate the possibility of knowledge against the Academic denial of that possibility. In doing so, he sheds considerable light on Augustine’s views on philosophical inquiry and the acquisition of knowledge.

Author : Blake D. Dutton
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501703553

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Augustine and Academic Skepticism by Blake D. Dutton Pdf

Among the most important, but frequently neglected, figures in the history of debates over skepticism is Augustine of Hippo (354–430 CE). His early dialogue, Against the Academics, together with substantial material from his other writings, constitutes a sustained attempt to respond to the tradition of skepticism with which he was familiar. This was the tradition of Academic skepticism, which had its home in Plato's Academy and was transmitted to the Roman world through the writings of Cicero (106–43 BCE). Augustine and Academic Skepticism is the first comprehensive treatment of Augustine’s critique of Academic skepticism. In clear and accessible prose, Blake D. Dutton presents that critique as a serious work of philosophy and engages with it precisely as such. While Dutton provides an extensive review of Academic skepticism and Augustine’s encounter with it, his primary concern is to articulate and evaluate Augustine’s strategy to discredit Academic skepticism as a philosophical practice and vindicate the possibility of knowledge against the Academic denial of that possibility. In doing so, he sheds considerable light on Augustine’s views on philosophical inquiry and the acquisition of knowledge.

Author : Augustine James Curley
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019247688

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Augustine's Critique of Skepticism by Augustine James Curley Pdf

Augustine of Hippo (354-430) composed his Contra Academicos while preparing for the baptism he would receive at the hands of Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, in 387. In it he critiques the arguments of the Academic philosophers, who taught that nothing could be known. This study argues that Augustine's critique is based not so much on the epistemological aspects of skepticism, which has been the view of most modern studies of the dialogue, but rather on the effect that skepticism can have on society.

Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Fathers of the church
ISBN : 0809102528

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Against the Academics by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) Pdf

Author : Benjamin J. Wood
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506418841

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The Augustinian Alternative by Benjamin J. Wood Pdf

This book’s central claim is that a close reading of Augustine’s epistemology can help political theologians develop affirmative accounts of political liberalism. This claim is set in a scholarly context that is profoundly hostile to constructive theological readings of liberal culture. As a corrective to such antagonism, this book suggests that, far from being natural opponents, Christian communities can work fruitfully with political liberals based on common principles. A key component in this argument is the theological reevaluation of the ancient skeptical tradition. While the ancient skeptics are habitually treated by scholars as minor characters in the story of Augustine’s theological development, this volume argues that they played a significant role in shaping both Augustine’s theology and the subsequent character of the Augustinian tradition. By placing Augustine’s reading of the skeptics in dialogue with contemporary culture, this book constructs a viable form of liberal Christian politics that is attentive both to his sin-sensitive account of public life and his eschatological vision of the church.

Author : Saint Augustine
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Happiness
ISBN : 9780300238518

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Against the Academics by Saint Augustine Pdf

A fresh, new translation of Augustine's inaugural work as a Christian convert The first four works written by St. Augustine of Hippo after his conversion to Christianity are the remarkable "Cassiciacum dialogues." In this first dialogue, expertly translated by Michael Foley, Augustine and his interlocutors explore the history and teachings of Academic skepticism, which Augustine is both sympathetic to and critical of. The dialogue serves as a fitting launching point for a knowledge of God and the soul, the overall subject of the Cassiciacum tetralogy.

Author : John Owen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Skepticism
ISBN : UCAL:B3257050

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Evenings with the Skeptics by John Owen Pdf

Author : John Owen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Free thought
ISBN : NLI:3171308-20

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Christian skepticism by John Owen Pdf

Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1943
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : UOM:39015019371510

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Answer to Skeptics by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) Pdf

Author : John Owen
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385426191

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Evenings with the Skeptics. Or, Free Discussion on Free Thinkers by John Owen Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Author : Henrik Lagerlund
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351369954

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Skepticism in Philosophy by Henrik Lagerlund Pdf

In this book, Henrik Lagerlund offers students, researchers, and advanced general readers the first complete history of what is perhaps the most famous of all philosophical problems: skepticism. As the first of its kind, the book traces the influence of philosophical skepticism from its roots in the Hellenistic schools of Pyrrhonism and the Middle Academy up to its impact inside and outside of philosophy today. Along the way, the book covers skepticism during the Latin, Arabic, and Greek Middle Ages and during the Renaissance before moving on to cover Descartes’ methodological skepticism and Pierre Bayle’s super-skepticism in the seventeenth century. In the eighteenth century, it deals with Humean skepticism and the anti-skepticism of Reid, Shepherd, and Kant, taking care to also include reflections on the connections between idealism and skepticism (including skepticism in German idealism after Kant). The book covers similar themes in a chapter on G.E. Moore and Ludwig Wittgenstein, and then ends its historical overview with a chapter on skepticism in contemporary philosophy. In the final chapter, Lagerlund captures some of skepticism’s impact outside of philosophy, highlighting its relation to issues like the replication crisis in science and knowledge resistance.

Author : Saint Augustine,St Augustine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258040034

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St Augustine by Saint Augustine,St Augustine Pdf

From Mediaeval Philosophical Texts In Translation, No. 2.

Author : Saint Augustine
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300244885

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On the Happy Life by Saint Augustine Pdf

A fresh, new translation of Augustine’s inaugural work as a Christian convert The first four works written by St. Augustine of Hippo after his conversion to Christianity are the “Cassiciacum dialogues,” which have influenced prominent thinkers from Boethius to Bernard Lonergan. In this second, brief dialogue, expertly translated by Michael Foley, Augustine and his mother, brother, son, and friends celebrate his thirty-second birthday by having a “feast of words” on the nature of happiness. They conclude that the truly happy life consists of “having God” through faith, hope, and charity.

Author : Augustine
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872202127

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Against the Academicians and The Teacher by Augustine Pdf

These new translations of two treatises dealing with the possibility and nature of knowledge in the face of skeptical challenges are the first to be rendered from the Latin critical edition, the first to be made specifically with a philosophical audience in mind, and the first to be translated by a scholar with expertise in both modern epistemology and philosophy of language.

Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813217437

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Augustine in His Own Words by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) Pdf

This volume offers a comprehensive portrait--or rather, self-portrait, since its words are mostly Augustine's own--drawn from the breadth of his writings and from the long course of his career