Scepticism in the History of Philosophy A Pan-American Dialogue
Scepticism in the History of Philosophy is a dialogue between leading Latin American and North American scholars concerned with the history of scepticism from ancient times to present day philosophy. The volume contains interesting discussions by a wide range of philosophers and historians of philos...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1996, 1996
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1996 |
| Series: | International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. How Sceptical Were the Academic Sceptics?
- 2. The Dissoi Logoi and Early Greek Scepticism
- 3. Some Traces of the Presence of Scepticism in Medieval Thought
- 4. Hobbes on Peace and Truth: An Objection to Richard Popkin’s “Hobbes and Scepticism I” and “Hobbes and Scepticism II”
- 5. Samuel Clarke’s Four Categories of Deism, Isaac Newton, and the Bible
- 6. Arnauld versus Leibniz and Malebranche on the Limits of Theological Knowledge
- 7. Berkeley: Scepticism, Matter and Infinite Divisibility
- 8. Hume’s Scepticism and his Ethical Depreciation of Religion
- 9. Hume’s Scepticism: Natural Instincts and Philosophical Reflection
- 10. Kierkegaard’s Distinction between Modern and Ancient Scepticism
- 11. Peirce and Scepticism
- 12. Finding One’s Way About: High Windows, Narrow Chimneys, and Open Doors. Wittgenstein’s “Scepticism” and Philosophical Method
- 13. Philosophical Scepticism in Wittgenstein’s On Certainty
- 14. The Sceptical Epistemology of Triste Tropiques
- 15. Scepticism about Value
- 16. Philo of Larissa and Platonism
- 17. Scepticism, Humor and the Archipelago of Knowledge
- 18. Scepticism and the Limits of Charity
- 19. The Argument from Possibility