Skepticism From Antiquity To The Present

Author : Diego E. Machuca
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Skepticism
ISBN : 147421889X

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Skepticism by Diego E. Machuca Pdf

Author : Diego Machuca,Baron Reed
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472514363

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Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present by Diego Machuca,Baron Reed Pdf

Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present is an authoritative and up-to-date survey of the entire history of skepticism. Divided chronologically into ancient, medieval, renaissance, modern, and contemporary periods, and featuring 50 specially-commissioned chapters from leading philosophers, this comprehensive volume is the first of its kind. By exploring each of the distinct traditions and providing expert insights, this extensive reference work: - covers major thinkers such as Sextus Empiricus, Cicero, Descartes, Hume, Spinoza, and Wittgenstein. - acknowledges the influence of ancient skeptical traditions on later philosophy and explains why it is still a fertile topic of inquiry among today's philosophers and historians of philosophy. - analyzes various forms of skepticism including Pyrrhonian, Academic, religious, moral, and neo-Pyrrhonian. - addresses issues in contemporary epistemology and indicates new directions of study. Skepticism, a driving force in the history of philosophy, remains at the center of debates in ethics, philosophy of religion, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present is an essential point of reference for any student, researcher, or practitioner of philosophy, presenting a systematic and historical survey of this core philosophical topic.

Author : Giuseppe Veltri,Racheli Haliva,Stephan Schmid,Emidio Spinelli
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110591118

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Sceptical Paths by Giuseppe Veltri,Racheli Haliva,Stephan Schmid,Emidio Spinelli Pdf

Sceptical Paths offers a fresh look at key junctions in the history of scepticism. Throughout this collection, key figures are reinterpreted, key arguments are reassessed, lesser-known figures are reintroduced, accepted distinctions are challenged, and new ideas are explored. The historiography of scepticism is usually based on a distinction between ancient and modern. The former is understood as a way of life which focuses on enquiry, whereas the latter is taken to be an epistemological approach which focuses on doubt. The studies in Sceptical Paths not only deepen the understanding of these approaches, but also show how ancient sceptical ideas find their way into modern thought, and modern sceptical ideas are anticipated in ancient thought. Within this state of affairs, the presence of sceptical arguments within Medieval philosophy is reflected in full force, not only enriching the historical narrative, but also introducing another layer to the sceptical discourse, namely its employment within theological settings. The various studies in this book exhibit the rich variety of expression in which scepticism manifests itself within various context and set against various philosophical and religious doctrines, schools, and approaches.

Author : Annalisa Coliva,Duncan Pritchard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429603617

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Skepticism by Annalisa Coliva,Duncan Pritchard Pdf

Skepticism is one of the perennial problems of philosophy: from antiquity, to the early modern period of Descartes and Hume, and right through to the present day. It remains a fundamental and widely studied topic and, as Annalisa Coliva and Duncan Pritchard show in Skepticism, it presents us with a paradox with important ramifications not only for epistemology but also for many other core areas of philosophy. This book provides a thorough grounding in contemporary debates about skepticism, exploring the following key topics: the core skeptical arguments, with a particular focus on Cartesian and Humean radical skepticism the epistemic principles that are held to underlie skeptical arguments, such as the Closure and Underdetermination principles the content externalism of Putnam, Davidson, and Chalmers, and how it might help us respond to radical skepticism the epistemic externalism/internalism distinction and how it relates to the skeptical problematic contextualism in epistemology and its anti-skeptical import the various interpretations of a Wittgensteinian hinge epistemology the viability of epistemological disjunctivism, including whether it can be combined with hinge epistemology as part of a dual response to radical skepticism liberal and conservative responses to the Humean skeptical paradox. Both authors are prominent figures who work on skepticism, and so one novelty of the book is that it provides an insight into their own contrasting responses to this philosophical difficulty. With the addition of annotated further reading and a glossary, this is an ideal starting point for anyone studying the philosophy of skepticism, along with students of epistemology, metaphysics, and contemporary analytic philosophy.

Author : Michelle Zerba
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : PHILOSOPHY
ISBN : 1139526359

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Doubt and Skepticism in Antiquity and the Renaissance by Michelle Zerba Pdf

An interdisciplinary study of the forms and uses of uncertainty in important works of literature and philosophy in antiquity and the Renaissance.

Author : Diego E. Machuca
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415532839

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Disagreement and Skepticism by Diego E. Machuca Pdf

The thirteen essays in this volume explore for the first time the possible skeptical implications of disagreement in different areas and from different perspectives, with an emphasis in the current debate about the epistemic significance of disagreement. They represent a new contribution to the study of the connection between disagreement and skepticism in epistemology, metaethics, ancient philosophy, and metaphilosophy.

Author : Kevin McCain,Ted Poston
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004393530

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The Mystery of Skepticism by Kevin McCain,Ted Poston Pdf

The thirteen newly commissioned essays in The Mystery of Skepticism: New Explorations represent the cutting-edge of research on underexplored skeptical challenges, dimensions of the skeptical problematic, and responses to various kinds of skepticism.

Author : John Christian Laursen,Gianni Paganini
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442619739

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Skepticism and Political Thought in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries by John Christian Laursen,Gianni Paganini Pdf

In this collection, thirteen distinguished contributors examine the influence of the ancient skeptical philosophy of Pyrrho of Elis and Sextus Empiricus on early modern political thought. Classical skepticism argues that in the absence of certainty one must either suspend judgment and live by habit or act on the basis of probability rather than certainty. In either case, one must reject dogmatic confidence in politics and philosophy. Surveying the use of skepticism in works by Hobbes, Descartes, Hume, Smith, and Kant, among others, the essays in Skepticism and Political Thought in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries demonstrate the pervasive impact of skepticism on the intellectual landscape of early modern Europe. This volume is not just an authoritative account of skepticism’s importance from the Enlightenment to the French Revolution, it is also the basis for understanding skepticism’s continuing political implications.

Author : Kelly Arenson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351168106

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The Routledge Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy by Kelly Arenson Pdf

Hellenistic philosophy concerns the thought of the Epicureans, Stoics, and Skeptics, the most influential philosophical groups in the era between the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE) and the defeat of the last Greek stronghold in the ancient world (31 BCE). The Routledge Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy provides accessible yet rigorous introductions to the theories of knowledge, ethics, and physics belonging to each of the three schools, explores the fascinating ways in which interschool rivalries shaped the philosophies of the era, and offers unique insight into the relevance of Hellenistic views to issues today, such as environmental ethics, consumerism, and bioethics. Eleven countries are represented among the Handbook’s 35 authors, whose chapters were written specifically for this volume and are organized thematically into six sections: The people, history, and methods of Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Skepticism. Earlier philosophical influences on Hellenistic thought, such as Aristotle, Socrates, and Presocratics. The soul, perception, and knowledge. God, fate, and the primary principles of nature and the universe. Ethics, political theory, society, and community. Hellenistic philosophy’s relevance to contemporary life. Spanning from the ancient past to the present, this Handbook aims to show that Hellenistic philosophy has much to offer all thinking people of the twenty-first century.

Author : Richard Henry Popkin,José Raimundo Maia Neto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : IND:30000116110051

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Skepticism by Richard Henry Popkin,José Raimundo Maia Neto Pdf

This anthology contains the principal texts of the skeptical tradition from its origins in antiquity to contemporary philosophy. Selections include the writings of both well-known and lesser-known but influential philosophers of the Western tradition who either advanced skeptical views or dealt with skeptical issues for other philosophical or religious purposes. An introduction on the origins, kinds, and significance of philosophical skepticism puts the various readings in the context of the history of Western philosophy. The editors have also added brief discussions of each philosopher and text included in the anthology, plus a selected bibliography, which lists the main secondary literature on ancient, modern, and contemporary skepticism. This collection is ideal for introductory philosophy courses and courses on intellectual history, or for any reader interested in an influential school of thought, which challenges the nature of philosophy itself.

Author : Peter S. Fosl
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Skepticism
ISBN : 9781474451147

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Hume's Scepticism by Peter S. Fosl Pdf

Peter S. Fosl offers a radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic grounds. He first contextualises Hume's thought in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of his work - including the Treatise, Enquiries, Essays, History, Dialogues and letters.

Author : José R. Maia Neto
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030947163

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Pierre-Daniel Huet (1630–1721) and the Skeptics of his Time by José R. Maia Neto Pdf

This book offers a detailed and scholarly historical and philosophical examination of French scepticism from Descartes to the beginning of the Enlightenment by examining the views of Pierre-Daniel Huet (1630–1721). It shows the crucial role played by Huet in the modification of the early modern sceptical tradition: from a practical perspective closer to ancient scepticism, mostly presented by Montaigne and Charron, to an epistemological and metaphysical perspective strongly influenced by Descartes’s doubt. The book examines and gives original interpretations of the various sceptical (and semi-sceptical) views held in the period and their connections to Huet’s own scepticism. Besides known philosophers such as Descartes, Gassendi, Pascal and Bayle, the book also accesses sceptical views held by secondary figures such as La Mothe Le Vayer and Simon Foucher and others who have not thus far been connected to the sceptical tradition such as Jean-Baptiste du Hamel and Madeleine de Scudéry. The book is useful for scholars in the field of early modern ideas: philosophical, religious and scientific.

Author : Michelle Zerba
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139536912

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Doubt and Skepticism in Antiquity and the Renaissance by Michelle Zerba Pdf

This book is an interdisciplinary study of the forms and uses of doubt in works by Homer, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Cicero, Machiavelli, Shakespeare and Montaigne. Based on close analysis of literary and philosophical texts by these important authors, Michelle Zerba argues that doubt is a defining experience in antiquity and the Renaissance, one that constantly challenges the limits of thought and representation. The wide-ranging discussion considers issues that run the gamut from tragic loss to comic bombast, from psychological collapse to skeptical dexterity and from solitary reflection to political improvisation in civic contexts and puts Greek and Roman treatments of doubt into dialogue not only with sixteenth-century texts but with contemporary works as well. Using the past to engage questions of vital concern to our time, Zerba demonstrates that although doubt sometimes has destructive consequences, it can also be conducive to tolerance, discovery and conversation across sociopolitical boundaries.

Author : Rodrigo Pinto de Brito
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030924072

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The Skeptical Dynamis and Its Pragmatic Possibilities by Rodrigo Pinto de Brito Pdf

This monograph reevaluates a school of thought concerned with truth and inquiry. It examines the critique which asserts that it's not possible to live this Early Greek philosophy in practice. The investigation also details new discoveries on the reception of Skepticism by Empiricist Doctors, Early Greek Fathers, Medieval Arabic Thinkers, and Renaissance Thinkers. The author takes a careful look at the apraxia argument and how critics used it. He shows how anti-skeptical arguments rose in different stages of the development of the Skepticism. Coverage also details how the skeptics replied and gave more pragmatic coherence to their philosophy, starting with the proto-skeptics and continuing with the works of Sextus Empiricus. Readers will learn how skepticism endured despite the criticisms, becoming a coherent response to dogmatic philosophies such as Stoicism. The investigation also analyzes the two common approaches that philosophers have used to interpret Sextan philosophy. It considers their benefits as well as defects. In the process, the author presents an original way of interpreting Sextan thought, which the author calls the “suburban interpretation”. He then applies this "middle way" to two works: Against the Grammarians and Against the Rhetoricians. Overall, the book provides readers with an insightful look at how this school of thought survived and spread throughout the ages.

Author : Michelle Zerba
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107024656

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Doubt and Skepticism in Antiquity and the Renaissance by Michelle Zerba Pdf

An interdisciplinary study of the forms and uses of uncertainty in important works of literature and philosophy in antiquity and the Renaissance.