The Cambridge companion to ancient scepticism / edited by Richard Bett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bett, Richard, 1957- editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skeptics (Greek philosophy).

Skepticism--Rome.

Skepticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 380 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Summary:

This volume offers a comprehensive survey of the main periods, schools, and individual proponents of scepticism in the ancient Greek and Roman world. The contributors examine the major developments chronologically and historically, ranging from the early antecedents of scepticism to the Pyrrhonist tradition. They address the central philosophical and interpretive problems surrounding the sceptics' ideas on subjects including belief, action, and ethics. Finally, they explore the effects which these forms of scepticism had beyond the ancient period, and the ways in which ancient scepticism differs from scepticism as it has been understood since Descartes. The volume will serve as an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the subject for non-specialists, while also offering considerable depth and detail for more advanced readers.

Contents:

Antecedents in early Greek philosophy / Mi-Kyoung Lee

Pyrrho and early Pyrrhonism / Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson

Arcesilaus and Carneades / Harald Thorsrud

The sceptical Academy: decline and afterlife / Carlos Lévy

Aenesidemus and the rebirth of Pyrrhonism / R.J. Hankinson

Sextus Empiricus / Pierre Pellegrin

Scepticism and belief / Casey Perin

Scepticism and action / Katja Maria Vogt

Scepticism and ethics / Richard Bett

Academics versus Pyrrhonists, reconsidered / Gisela Striker

The Pyrrhonian Modes / Paul Woodruff

Pyrrhonism and medicine / James Allen

Pyrrhonism and the specialized sciences / Emidio Spinelli

The rediscovery and posthumous influence of scepticism / Luciano Floridi

Descartes' transformation of the sceptical tradition / Michael Williams.

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ISBN:

9781139002882

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