Pierre-Daniel Huet (1630-1721) and the skeptics of his time / José R. Maia Neto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maia Neto, José Raimundo, 1959- author.

Series:

Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; 238.

International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'histoire des Idées ; Volume 238

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Huet, Pierre-Daniel, 1630-1721.

Huet, Pierre-Daniel.

Skepticism--France--History.

Skepticism.

France.

Genre:

History.

Informational works.

Physical Description:

xi, 221 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]

Summary:

This book offers a detailed and scholarly historical and philosophical examination of French scepticism from Descartes to the beginning of the Enlightenment by examining the views of Pierre-Daniel Huet (16301721). It shows the crucial role played by Huet in the modification of the early modern sceptical tradition: from a practical perspective closer to ancient scepticism, mostly presented by Montaigne and Charron, to an epistemological and metaphysical perspective strongly influenced by Descartess doubt. The book examines and gives original interpretations of the various sceptical (and semi-sceptical) views held in the period and their connections to Huets own scepticism. Besides known philosophers such as Descartes, Gassendi, Pascal and Bayle, the book also accesses sceptical views held by secondary figures such as La Mothe Le Vayer and Simon Foucher and others who have not thus far been connected to the sceptical tradition such as Jean-Baptiste du Hamel and Madeleine de Scudery. The book is useful for scholars in the field of early modern ideas: philosophical, religious and scientific.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Erudite Libertines

Chapter 3. Traite Philosophique de la Faiblesse de lEsprit Humain: First Book of Huets Planned Alnetanae Quaestiones in Five Books

Chapter 4. From Cartesian Physics to Cartesian Skepticism against Cartesian Metaphysics

Chapter 5. French Skeptics in the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century

Chapter 6. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index.

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ISBN:

3030947157

9783030947156

OCLC:

1288660450

Publisher Number:

10.1007/978-3-030-94716-3