Showing papers on "Pyrrhonism published in 2002"
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01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: Pyrrhonism and Constrained Belief Select Bibliography, Index as mentioned in this paper The New Academy and the Origins of Aenesidemean Pyrrhonisms 6. An Outline of Sextus' Pyrrhoneism
Abstract: 1. Introduction: Scepticism 2. Pyrrho's Connection with Pyrrhonean Scepticism 3. Arcesilaus and Suspension of Judgement 4. The New Academy and the Origins of Aenesidemean Pyrrhonism 5. Pyrrhonism from Aenesidemus to Sextus Empiricus 6. An Outline of Sextus' Pyrrhonism 7. A Life without Beliefs? 8. Pyrrhonism and Common Sense 9. Is the Pyrrhonist a Proto-Phenomenalist? 10. Arguments and Reasons 11. Pyrrhonism and Constrained Belief Select Bibliography, Index
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01 Mar 2002
TL;DR: The first exhaustive and detailed study of their recovery, transmission, and intellectual influence through Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance can be found in this article, which deals with Sextus' biography, as well as the history of the availability and reception of his works.
Abstract: The subject is Sextus Empiricus, one the chief sources of information on ancient philosophy and one of the most influential authors in the history of skepticism. Sextus' works have had an extraordinary influence on western philosophy, and this book provides the first exhaustive and detailed study of their recovery, transmission, and intellectual influence through Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. This study deals with Sextus' biography, as well as the history of the availability and reception of his works. It also contains an extensive bibliographical section, including editions, translations, and commentaries.
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08 May 2002
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a comprehensive review of the history of the Criterion argument and its application to the problem of knowledge in the context of rational argumentation, including Descartes' Cogito and the Problem of Self Knowledge.
Abstract: Preface. 1. Skepticism and the Retreat from Realism. 2. The Great Deception of Sense. 3. Justification, Truth, and Realism. 4. Global Skepticism, Pyrrhonism, and the Criterion Argument. 5. The Argument Against the Criterion. 6. Two Pyrrhonian Problems. 7. Descartes' Dream Argument. 8. Skepticism and Common Sense. 9. Moore's Proof of an External World. 10. Defending Moore's Proof. 11. The Problem of the Shaky Inference. 12. Inference and Interpretation. 13. Hume's Riddle of Induction. 14. Descartes' Cogito and the Problem of Self Knowledge. 15. The Problem of Knowledge. Bibliography. Index.
19 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the most intuitive objection to Pyrrhonian skepticism is that to completely suspend one's judgment is psychologically impossible, and it is at least possible for us to understand Sextus and his claims about the "Skeptic" without being driven to either (1) invoke restrictive interpretations of his claims or (2) adopt implausible hypotheses concerning his sincerity.
Abstract: In this paper I aim to address -- and also to better understand -- what is perhaps the most intuitive objection to Pyrrhonian skepticism, namely, that to completely suspend one's judgment is psychologically impossible. I propose to come to an understanding of Sextus's relation to this objection by trying to more clearly understand Sextus's claims about the "Skeptic". I hope to show that it is at least possible for us to understand Sextus and his claims about the "Skeptic" without being driven to either (1) invoke restrictive interpretations of his claims or (2) adopt implausible hypotheses concerning his sincerity.
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TL;DR: In this article, Carneades as the main character in Boyle's Sceptical Chymist is discussed. But the authors focus on the relation exhibited by Boyle's work between scepticism and the new science, in particular the corpuscular theory.
Abstract: Recent scholarship on Boyle's Sceptical Chymist has emphasised the alchemical context of Boyle's work. In this paper we will draw attention to its specifically sceptical context. Based on Cicero's works on Academic scepticism, the Academica and De Natura Deorum, we give some grounds for Boyle's choice of the literary style of the work and, in particular, for his choice of Carneades as its main character. Based on Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of Pyrrhonism, we show the sceptical nature of the arguments presented by Carneades against the alchemists. Finally, we set Boyle's Sceptical Chymist in the context of Seventeenth-Century skepticism (Gassendi, Mersenne, Descartes, and Glanvill) in order to shed light on the relation exhibited by Boyle's work between scepticism and the new science, in particular the corpuscular theory.
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