Skepticism in the modern age [electronic resource] : building on the work of Richard Popkin / edited by José R. Maia Neto, Gianni Paganini, John Christian Laursen.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Maia Neto, José Raimundo, 1959-

Paganini, Gianni, 1950-

Laursen, John Christian.

Conference Name:

Skepticism from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment : a conference in memory of Richard H. Popkin (1923-2005) (2007 : Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 181.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 181

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skepticism--History--Congresses.

Skepticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the publication of the first edition of Richard Popkin’s classic The History of Scepticism in 1960, skepticism has been increasingly recognized as a major force in the development of early modern philosophy. This book provides a review of current scholarship and significant updated research on some of the main thinkers and issues related to the reappraisal of ancient skepticism in the modern age. Special attention is given to the nature, importance, and relation to religion of Montaigne’s and Hume’s skepticisms; to the various skeptical and non-skeptical sources of Cartesian doubt; to the skeptical and anti-skeptical impact of Cartesianism in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; and to philosophers who dealt with skeptical issues in the development of their own various intellectual interests.

Contents:

Introduction / José R. Maia Neto, Gianni Paganini, and John Christian Laursen

Richard Popkin and his history of scepticism / Jeremy D. Popkin

Part one: Montaigne and his skeptical background. The anthropological argument : the rediscovery of ancient skepticism in modern thought / Danilo Marcondes

The current debate about Montaigne's skepticism / Vicente Raga Rosaleny

On skeptical fideism in Montaigne's Apology for Raymond Sebond / Sérgio Cardoso

Montaigne's radical skepticism / Luiz Eva

Part two: Early modern thinkers close to skepticism. Skeptical aspects of Francesco Guicciardini's thought / Newton Bignotto

Probability, certainty and facts in Francis Bacon's natural histories : a double attitude towards skepticism / Silvia Manzo

Skepticism and cynicism in the work of Pedro de Valencia / John Christian Laursen

Periegesis and skepticism : La Peyrère, geographer / Frédéric Gabriel

Skepticism, belief, and justification / Plínio Junqueira Smith

Part three: Skepticism and politics. Absolutism and despotism in Samuel Sorbière : notes on skepticism and politics / Lorenzo Bianchi

Montaigne's and Bayle's variations : the philosophical form of skepticism in politics / Renato Lessa

Part four: Sources of Cartesian doubt. Aristotle's perplexity becomes Descartes's doubt : Metaphysics 3, 1 and methodical doubt in Benito Pereira and René Descartes / Constance Blackwell

Descartes and Renaissance skepticism : the Sanches case / Gianni Paganini

The hyperbolic way to the truth from Balzac to Descartes : "toute hyperbole tend là, de nous amener à la vérité par l'excès de la vérité, c'est-à-dire par la mensonge" / Giulia Belgioioso

Part five: Skepticism in early Cartesianism. Early German reactions to Huet's Censura / Jean-Robert Armogathe

Acquired skepticism in the seventeenth century / José R. Maia Neto

Skepticism and solipsism in the eighteenth century : returning to the egoist question / Sébastien Charles

Part six: Hume. Skepticism and religious belief in A treatise of human nature / Lívia Guimarães

Criticism and science in Hume / Frédéric Brahami.

Notes:

Proceedings of a conference titled "Skepticism from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment : a conference in memory of Richard H. Popkin (1923-2005)", held at Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Oct. 22-25, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-94993-4

9786612949937

90-474-3190-1

OCLC:

700517388

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004177840.i-390 DOI