New essays on ancient pyrrhonism / edited by Diego E. Machuca.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Machuca, Diego E.

Series:

Philosophia antiqua ; 0079-1687 v. 126.

Philosophia antiqua

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skepticism.

Sextus, Empiricus.

Sextus.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

xi, 207 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Summary:

Scholars of philosophy examine a strain of ancient skeptic thought, which is thoroughly and uniquely documented by the surviving works of Sextus Empiricus, one of its leading representatives. In addition to casting light on thinking in the classical world, the approach poses the same epistomological challenges for modern analytic philosophy as it did then. Among the topics are the Cyrenaics versus the Pyrrhonists on knowledge of appearances, skepticism and everyday life, Sextus Empiricu on skeptical piety, moderate ethical realism in Sextus' Against the Ethicists, and whether the Pyrrhonist is an internalist. As usual with Brill, both the scholarship and the physical volume are durable and should be current for a long time. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction / Diego E. Machuca

A Pyrrhonian Plato? : again on Sextus on Aenesidemus on Plato / Mauro Bonazzi

The Cyrenaics vs. the Pyrrhonists on knowledge of appearances / Tim O'Keefe

What God didn't know (Sextus Empiricus AM IX 162-166) / James Warren

Skepticism and everyday life / Filip Grgić

Sextus Empiricus on skeptical piety / Harald Thorsrud

Sextus Empiricus' style of writing / Stéphane Marchand

Moderate ethical realism in Sextus' Against the ethicists? / Diego E. Machuca

Is the Pyrrhonist an internalist? / Otávio Bueno.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004207769

9004207767

OCLC:

710018968