Sceptical paths : enquiry and doubt from antiquity to the present / edited by Giuseppe Veltri, Racheli Haliva, Stephan Schmid, and Emidio Spinelli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Veltri, Giuseppe, editor.

Haliva, Racheli, editor.

Schmid, Stephan, editor.

Spinelli, Emidio, editor.

Series:

Studies and texts in scepticism ; v. 6.

Studies and Texts in Scepticism, 2568-9614 ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skepticism.

Skepticism--History.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 226 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2019]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Philo of Alexandria vs. Descartes: an ignored Jewish premonitory critic of the Cogito / Carlos Lévy

Sextus Empiricus's use of dunamis / Stéphane Marchand

Does pyrrhonism have practical or epistemic value? / Diego E. Machuca

endoxa and the Theology of Aristotle in Avicenna's "Flying man": contexts for similarities with sceptical and Cartesian arguments in Avicenna / Heidrun Eichner

The problem of many gods in al-Ghazālī, Averroes, Maimonides, Crescas, and Sforno / Warren Zev Harvey

What is Maimonidean scepticism? / Josef Stern

Medieval scepticism and divine deception / Henrik Lagerlund

Spinoza on global doubt / José María Sánchez de León Serrano

Scepticism in early modern times / Sébastien Charles

Three varieties of early modern scepticism / Stephan Schmid

Narrowing of "know" as a contextualist strategy against Cartesian sceptical conclusions / Nancy Abigail Nuñez Hernández.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and idex.

ISBN:

9783110589603

3110589605

OCLC:

1125001646

Publisher Number:

99982766428